The Camp

I saw children through a fence Standing by blue canvas tents I called to them, they move like ghosts Gliding silent and remote A girl whose smile was a straight lie Looked like a creature out of time A grey boy burned by cigarettes Pushed his scarred hands through the fence When I turned, and tried to run I saw ten thousand children Were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets Along a godforsaken street Ya laou kan,bisi lo na hakil Wa'dar atir baïd Wa abil nas, lama tchoufni ted'hak W ma tis'alch, bledek min fin Chakl aw loun, aw guins aw din Mich far'in, kolina bani admin Wala fi h'roub, wala fi bina h'doud Fih el ard ha'a li koli nas aychin Yeaaaah yeaaah Salam I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came I prayed an angel would come but no angel came I prayed an angel would come but no angel came I prayed an angel would come but no angel came I prayed an angel would come but no angel came