The ceasefire ceased at midnight And the battlelines were drawn, So we gathered up our history Had the children dressed at dawn, There wasnґt any petrol so we used the can To fill water from the UN tank, Couldnґt help feeling no-one gave a damn As we left our happy homeland
Our happy homeland through the sniper fire and smoke And as we left our happy homeland We felt like Gods cruel joke
Took the clothes we stood up in Left the mobile phone behind with the pc And the fax machine that revolutionised our lives, Couldnґt use the car so we pushed the pram Over the bridge where we first held hands, Down the culvert to the transit camp and We left our happy homeland
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And we though of our neighbors As the shelling began,