East Timor Lyrics - Singles - Harket Morten

Sandalwood trees are evergreen 

Cut them down 

Plant coffee beans 

Build no schools 

Construct no roads 

Mark them as fools 

Let ignorance rule 

Leave them stranded on their island 

Treat them to the tunes of silence 

Red is the cross that covers our shame 

Every kingdom, every land 

Has its heart in the common man 

Silently the tide shifts the sand 

Bury my heart on East-Timor 

In coral sands 

On golden shores 

Buried are those 

Who lived their lives 

No place to hide for 

Father and child 

Leave them stranded on their island 

Treat them to the tune of silence 

We shake the hands that kill and forgive 

Every kingdom, every land 

Has its heart in the common man 

Silently the tide shifts the sand 

Bury my heart on East-Timor 

On barren graves 

Where flowers won't grow 

Blooms our red cross lovingly 

This nightingale deed 

So we can be free 

Stranded on their island 

This army of the silent 

We toast our own goodwill and forget 

Every kingdom, every land 

Has its heart in the common man 

Silently the tide shifts the sand