El Salvador
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TEhere's a sunny little country south of mexico
WhF#7ere the winds are gentle and the waters flow.
ButA breezes aren'tAm the only thinEgs that blow in el salvador.
If you took the little lady for a moonlight drive
OF#7dds are still good you'd come back alive.
ButA everyone is inAmnocent un-tilE they arrivE7e in el salvador.
If theA rebels take a bBus on the grand highway
TheG#m government destroys Dbma village miles away.
TheA man on the raBdio says "now we'll Eplay soE7uth of the border"
AAnd in the mornBing the natives say
WG#me're happy you have Dbmlived a-nother day".
LAast night a thousaBnd more passed Eaway iC#mn el salBva-dor.
TEhere's a television crew here from abc
FF#7ilming rio lempe and the refugees.
CAalling murdered childrAmen "tEhe tragedy of el salvador".
Before the government camera 20 feet away
A-nF#7other man is asking for continued aid.
FAood and medicAmine and handE grenades E7for el salvador.
ThAere's a thump a Brumble and the buildings sway
A sG#moldier fiDbmres the acid spray
TheA public addreBss system starts to Eplay "soE7uth of the border".
YAou run for coBver and hide your eyes.
YouG#m hear the scrDbmeams from paradise.
They'veA fallen furtherB than you rDbmealizeA in F#7el salBva-dor.
JEust like poland is protected by her russian "friends"
TheF#7 junta is assisted by americans.
AAnd if 60 million dollarAms seems too mucEh to spend in el salvador
They say for half a billion they could do it right
BF#7omb all day burn all night
UnA-til there's notAm a living tEhing uprE7ight in el salvador.
ThAey'll con-tinue traiBning troops in the usa
AG#mnd watch the nuDbmns that got away
AndA teach theB military bands to Eplay "soE7uth of the border"
AAnd kill the peBople to set them free
WG#mho put this price oDbmn their liberty?
DAon't you thiBnk it's time tAo leaG#mve el sAalva-Bdor? Dbm