James Clive Scott - The Border Lyrics

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