Boarding Schools

any trace of the place they belong to
any trace of the place they belong to
a connection to land they could not understand
so they came to remove them
and their parents would cry and be left asking why
but the soldiers ignored them
and they took them away from the place they belonged to
and removed any trace of their faith and their culture

any trace of the place they belong to
any trace of the place they belong to
memories of children from those who came before
were stolen away for ever
by soldiers who came to take them away
to their boarding school nightmare
so they fell from the sky
to this land where they die
and the spirits move through them
till their language was gone along with their songs
seemed god no longer knew them
would a painted face hide the pain of no culture

any trace of the place they belong to
any trace of the place they belong to
memories of children from those who came before
were stolen away forever
by soldiers who came to take them away
to their boarding school nightmare