I saw children through a fence
Standing by blue canvas tents
I called to them
They move like ghosts
Gliding silent and remote
A girl who smiled was a straight lie
Looked like a creature out of time
A grey boy burned by cigarettes
Pushed his scarred hands through the fence
When I turned
And tried to run
I saw ten thousand children
Were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets
Along a godforsaken street
I prayed an angel from the clouds
Would free the children
Free them
Oh oh
I prayed and waited for an age
I waited but no angel came
I prayed an angel from the clouds
Would free the children
Free them
Oh oh
I prayed and waited for an age
I waited but no angel came
I prayed an angel from the clouds
Would free the children
Free them
Oh oh
I prayed and waited for an age
I waited but no angel came
I prayed an angel from the clouds
Would free the children
Free them
Oh oh
I prayed and waited for an age
I waited but no angel came
I prayed an angel would come
But no angel came
I prayed an angel would come
But no angel came
I prayed an angel would come
But no angel came
I prayed an angel would come
But no angel came
