The Disappeared Los Desaparecidos

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Mamma still waiting for someone to say Sara Christina was found yesterday
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And the ghost of not knowing still eats her away  Sara Christina’s still missing
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In El Salvador that’s the way that it is Say what you feel and you run all the risks
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Of ending up on the casualty list Lost but never forgotten

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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos
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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos

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Los Paradiso covered in mist Friends start acting like strangers
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Beware of the dangerous Judas kiss That carries you away
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Stand with the Union, You’re taken up wrong
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Stand with Romero they’ll block out the sun
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As the Air Force lands in your face with a gun And carries you away

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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos
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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos

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The dirty face of a dirty war On the streets of San Salvador
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No fandango in here anymore They’ve taken it all away
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This could be paradise free of the spell Of the Yankee dollar bills from hell
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That keeps all the jailers and generals well While the innocent ones go missing

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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos
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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos
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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos
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Los Desaparacidos Los Desaparacidos