In our Shadow

As the dust flies
On a hot and humid Haitian mornin’
A poor little orphan child is torn
In our shadow
And their nation cries
‘cause if there’s one thing that they don’t need
its another hungry mouth to feed
In our shadow

People, don’t you understand
The child needs a helping hand
or he’ll grow to be a helpless young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way

Well the world turns
And some hungry little kids with holey clothes
play in the street as the hot wind blows
In our shadow

And their hunger burns
So they start to roam the streets to stay alive
and they learn how to prey
and they learn how to survive
In our shadow

Then one night in desperation
some young men break away
they build a raft, its starts to sink
try to swim, but they don’t get far
And their nation cries

As a crowd gathers round a broken town
Rubble in the street and some rice in their hand
In our shadow

As her little nation survives
on a hot and humid Haitian mornin
a poor little orphan child is torn
In our shadow