El Salvador Lyrics

El Salvador

Late at night a knock comes to your door

"Step in the car!" We won't see you no more

Campesinos turn me in, members of O.R.D.E.N

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

I knew a man who spoke out for the poor

He laid down his life, his voice is heard no more

Romero raised his hands to pray, took bullets in the chest and face

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

When they send the marines in

Will you know what they're fighting for

14 families own half of El Salvador

When they send your dollar in

Do you know what they're paying for

40,000 people killed in US-sponsored civil war

Give me means to feed my family

Untie my thumbs and set your people free

Thoughts like this cannot exist, you must be a Cuban communist

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

Save the country from the Russian bear

You can't see her but you can smell her there

Democracy ain't there yet but it's coming soon by US bayonet

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

I know a man who spoke out for the poor

He said "come to me, I am El Salvdor"

He fed the hungry, set men free, what'cha think of that Oligarchy

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador

Ooo El Salvador, ooo El Salvador