East Timor
Morten Harket"East Timor" is a song by Morten Harket, released in 2007 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:24 long and contains 38 lines and 185 words.
Lyrics
0:20Sandalwood trees are evergreen
0:25Cut them down
0:26Plant coffee beans
0:30Build no schools
0:31Construct no roads
0:35Mark them as fools
0:37Let ignorance rule
0:39Leave them stranded on their island
0:45Treat them to the tune of silence
0:50Red is the cross that covers out shame
0:56Every kingdom every land
1:01Has it's heart in the common man
1:07Silently the tide shifts the sand
1:22Bury my heart on east timor
1:27In coral sands
1:29On golden shores
1:32Buried are those
1:34Who lived their lives
1:37No place to hide for
1:40Father and child
1:41Leave them stranded on their island
1:47Treat them to the tune of silence
1:52We shake the hands that kill and forgive
1:58Every kingdom every land
2:04Has its heart in the common man
2:09Silently the tide shifts the sand
2:34Bury my heart on east timor
2:39On barren graves
2:42Where flowers won't grow
2:44Blooms our red cross lovingly
2:49This nightingale deed
2:51Now we can be free
2:54Stranded on their island
3:00This army of the silent
3:04We toast our own goodwill and forget
3:14Every kingdom every land
3:18Has its heart in the common man
3:24Silently the tide shifts the sand
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 tune of silence Red is the cross that covers out shame Every kingdom every land Has it's 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 Now 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
Translation
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