Intro :
T here's a sunny little country south of mexico
Wh ere the winds are gentle and the waters flow.
But breezes aren't the only thin gs that blow in el salvador.
If you took the little lady for a moonlight drive
O dds are still good you'd come back alive.
But everyone is in nocent un-til they arriv e in el salvador.
If the rebels take a b us on the grand highway
The government destroys a village miles away.
The man on the ra dio says "now we'll play so uth of the border"
A nd in the morn ing the natives say
W e're happy you have lived a-nother day".
L ast night a thousa nd more passed away i n el sal va-dor.
T here's a television crew here from abc
F ilming rio lempe and the refugees.
C alling murdered childr en "t he tragedy of el salvador".
Before the government camera 20 feet away
A-n other man is asking for continued aid.
F ood and medic ine and hand grenades for el salvador.
Th ere's a thump a rumble and the buildings sway
A s oldier fi res the acid spray
The public addre ss system starts to play "so uth of the border".
Y ou run for co ver and hide your eyes.
You hear the scr eams from paradise.
They've fallen further than you r ealize in el sal va-dor.
J ust like poland is protected by her russian "friends"
The junta is assisted by americans.
A nd if 60 million dollar s seems too muc h to spend in el salvador
They say for half a billion they could do it right
B omb all day burn all night
Un -til there's not a living t hing upr ight in el salvador.
Th ey'll con-tinue trai ning troops in the usa
A nd watch the nu ns that got away
And teach the military bands to play "so uth of the border"
A nd kill the pe ople to set them free
W ho put this price o n their liberty?
D on't you thi nk it's time t o lea ve el s alva- dor?
