The Border
James Clive Scott
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Eight more miles to the border you can see it rising up from the sand Two thousand miles from San Pedro you walked to the promised land With a three year old on your shoulder and jug of water in your hand In your thoughts was the promise of a new life and an end to the fear in your mind The sun beats down like a furnace and it bakes you down to your bones You just put one foot in front of the other and don't think of what you left at home They shot your man and took your honour and left you to die on your own Just put one foot in front of the other and don't think of what you left at home Then the gas cans start flying and the cages are open wide There's just nowhere to run nowhere to run and damn few places to hide When they pull you away from your crying babe you're a screaming creature half wild Then the doors slam closed and the lights go out and all you want to do is die Then the doors slam closed and the lights go out and all you want to do is die Six months locked in the cages in the filth and the heat and the stink No word of your precious baby child and too damn much time to think And the cries of the women around you are a hymn to the deepest black And the only thing keeping you alive anymore is the thought they'll bring your baby back And the only thing keeping you alive anymore is the hope they'll bring your baby back Now I'm a long way from a godly man but I'm praying to St.Jude for you And hoping there's a special place in hell to send the men who did this to you Now I'm a long way from a godly man but I'm praying to the good lord to look after you And hoping there's a special place in hell for the men who did this to you
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