text: Theres a sunny little country south of Mexico
  Where the winds are gentle and the waters flow
  But breezes arent the only things that blow
  In El Salvador
  If you took the little lady for a moonlight drive
  Odds are still good youd come back alive
  But everyone is innocent until they arrive
  In El Salvador
  If the rebels take a bus on the grand highway
  The government destroys a village miles away
  The man on the radio says now well play South of the Border
  And in the morning the natives say
  Were happy you have lived another day
  Last night a thousand more passed away
  In El Salvador
  Theres a television crew here from ABC
  Filming Rio Lempe and the refugees
  Calling murdered children the tragedy
  Of El Salvador
  Before the government cameras 20 feet away
  Another man is asking for continued aid
  Food and medicine and hand grenades
  For El Salvador
  Theres a thump, a rumble, and the buildings sway
  A soldier fires the acid spray
  The public address system starts to play South of the Border
  You run for cover and hide your eyes
  You hear the screams from paradise
  Theyve fallen further than you realize
  In El Salvador
  Just like Poland is protected by her Russian friends
  The junta is assisted by Americans
  And if 60 million dollars seems too much to spend
  In El Salvador
  They say for half a billion they could do it right
  Bomb all day, burn all night
  Until theres not a living thing upright
  In El Salvador
  Theyll continue training troops in the USA
  And watch the nuns that got away
  And teach the military bands to play South of the Border
  And kill the people to set them free
  Who put this price on their liberty?
  Dont you think its time to leave
  El Salvador?