Tom Paxton - On the Road from Srebrenica lyrics
[Tom Paxton - On the Road from Srebrenica lyrics]
On the road from Srebrenica
I saw a woman with two
Babies and one broken arm
She could only carry one
And one would have to stay
Behind to quickly die
The gunmen shouted orders
And the woman started moving down the road
While the baby in the blanket
Lying in the muddy ditch began to cry
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead
On the road from Srebrenica
I saw the men all pulled
Aside and marched away
While their women screamed in terror
All the men went down the
Pathway to the trees
The sound of guns was muffled by the forest
But the shots went on and on
While the soldiers pushed the
Women to keep moving
And the rain began to freeze
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead
On the road from Srebrenica
Trudged an old men who was
Bent and stooped and frail
It seemed all hope was gone
I thought he´d never make a mile
But I was wrong he seemed to have no spirit
Till he passed the ditch and
Heard the baby cry
Then he picked the baby up
And in the swirling smoke and flames
He moved along
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead
I saw a woman with two
Babies and one broken arm
She could only carry one
And one would have to stay
Behind to quickly die
The gunmen shouted orders
And the woman started moving down the road
While the baby in the blanket
Lying in the muddy ditch began to cry
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead
On the road from Srebrenica
I saw the men all pulled
Aside and marched away
While their women screamed in terror
All the men went down the
Pathway to the trees
The sound of guns was muffled by the forest
But the shots went on and on
While the soldiers pushed the
Women to keep moving
And the rain began to freeze
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead
On the road from Srebrenica
Trudged an old men who was
Bent and stooped and frail
It seemed all hope was gone
I thought he´d never make a mile
But I was wrong he seemed to have no spirit
Till he passed the ditch and
Heard the baby cry
Then he picked the baby up
And in the swirling smoke and flames
He moved along
On the road, on the road from Srebrenica
Blackbirds fly, blackbirds flying overhead
Cry no mercy, on the road from Srebrenica
Where there´s no one left alive
To count the dead