El Salvador Lyrics - Peter, Paul & Mary

There's a sunny little country south of Mexico 

Where the winds are gentle and the waters flow 

But breezes aren't the only things that blow 

In El Salvador 

If you took the little lady for a moonlight drive 

Odds are still good you'd come back alive 

But everyone is innocent until they arrive 

In El Salvador 

If the rebels take a bus on the grand highway 

The government destroys a village miles away 

The man on the radio says 

"Now we'll play 'South of the Borde'" 

And in the morning the natives say 

"We're happy you have lived another day 

Last night a thousand more passed away 

In El Salvador" 

There's a television crew here from ABC 

Filming Rio Lempe and the refugees 

Calling murdered children the 'Tragedy' 

Of El Salvador 

Before the government camera 20 feet away 

Another man is asking for continued aid 

Food and medicine and hand grenades 

For El Salvador 

There's a thump, a rumble, and the buildings sway 

A soldier fires the acid spray 

The public address system starts to play 

'South of the Border' 

You run for cover and hide your eyes 

You hear the screams from paradise 

They've fallen further than you realize 

In El Salvador 

Just like Poland is protected by her Russian friends 

The junta is assisted by Americans 

And if 60 million dollars seems too much to spend 

In El Salvador 

They say for half a billion they could do it right 

Bomb all day and burn all night 

Until there's not a living thing upright 

In El Salvador 

And they'll continue training troops in the USA 

And watch the nuns that got away 

And teach the military bands to play 

South of the Border 

Killed the people to set them free 

Who put this price on their liberty 

Don't you think it's time to leave 

El Salvador?