White Lion - El Salvador

He could barely remember, when the fighting began
It was early September, when he lost his old man
Soon the time came to leave there and to start a new life
How it seems so unfair, when they gave him a gun and a knife

So he fights with a gun in his hand
For what reason he can't understand
Fights with a gun in his hand
For the freedom of their land

Can you hear the crying out
All the people in El Salvador
Can you hear a distant shout
From the people in El Salvador

Cross your heart and hope to die
For the people in El Salvador
Still they kill not knowing why
All the people in El Salvador

As he stares at the ceiling, he thinks back quite away
It was him that was dealing, tell you those were the days
As he stares at a white dove, tears roll down on his face
And then once filled with love, that only God himself can replace

So he fights with a gun in his hand
For what reason he can't understand
Fights with a gun in his hand
For the freedom of their land

Can you hear the crying out
All the people in El Salvador
Can you hear a distant shout
From the people in El Salvador [Solo]

No!

Can you hear them cry
Can you see them die
Can you tell me why, oh no

See them die
Hear them cry
Tell me why, no

Can you hear the crying out
All the people in El Salvador (hear them cry)
Can you hear a distant shout
From the people in El Salvador (see them die)

Cross your heart and hope to die
For the people in El Salvador (tell me why)
Still they kill not knowing why
All the people in El Salvador

Hear them cry
See them cry
All the people in El Salvador, ya