IN THE QUIET LAND

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.burma
Subject: In The Quiet Land
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 23:13:04 -0500
Organization: Trinity Federated Church
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*************************IN THE QUIET LAND***************************

In the quiet land, no one can tell
if there's someone who's listening for secrets they can sell.
The informers are paid in the blood of the land 
and no one dares say what the tyrants won't stand.

In the quiet land of Burma,
no on laughs and no one thinks out loud.
In the quiet land of Burma,
you can hear it in the silence of the crowd.

In the quiet land, no one can say 
when the soldiers are coming to carry them away.
The Chinese want a road; the French want the oil;
The Thais take the timber; and SLORC takes the spoils.

In the quiet land of Burma,
no one laughs....

In the quiet land, no one can hear
what is silenced by murder and covered up with fear.
But, despite what is forced, freedom's a sound
that liars can fake... and no shouting can drown.

In the quiet land of Burma,
no one laughs and no one thinks out loud.
In the quiet land of Burma,
you can hear it in the silence of the crowd.

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