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Happy Homeland - T.V. Smith

The ceasefire ceased at midnight

And the battle lines were drawn

So we gathered up our history

Had the children dressed at dawn

Wasn't any petrol

So we used the can to fill up with water

From the U N

Tank couldn't help feeling no-one gave a damn

As we left our happy homeland

Our happy homeland through

The sniper fire and smoke

And as we left our happy homeland

We felt like God's cruel joke

Took clothes we stood up in

Left the mobile phone behind with the P C

And the fax machine

That revolutionised our lives

Couldn't use the car

So we pushed the pram out over the bridge

Where we first held hands

Down the culvert to the transit camp

And we left our happy homeland

Our happy homeland through

The sniper fire and smoke

And as we left our happy homeland

We felt like God's cruel joke

And we thought of our neighbours

As the shelling began

Holed up in their cellar with their home-made jam

Couldn't help feeling no-one

Gave a damn as we left our happy homeland

Our happy homeland through

The sniper fire and smoke

And as we left our happy homeland

We felt like God's cruel joke

Our happy homeland through

We felt like God's cruel joke

Our happy homeland through

We felt like God's cruel joke