Elongo

The last of some bad debris falls through the coconut trees

As twilight claims me, inching calmly

Through rusted radios came a calypso

I stood with Elongo in tiger's shadow

Elongo, how long oh?

From here to San Pedro

We draw lines in the sand

Elongo, how long oh?

Until we will get back home

The sun is setting low

The youth come and go singing the songs they know

Like Mother Teresa and Vishnu, Siddhartha

And you fly paper planes, a cow wake is where they lay

The roots of your family, the guns of your history

Elongo, how long oh?

From here to San Pedro

We draw lines in the sand

Elongo, how long oh?

Until we will get back home

The sun is setting low

Is it sailing away

Or am I waiting in vain?

Do you break all your chains

For it to all wash away

Elongo, how long oh?

From here to San Pedro

We draw lines in the sand

Elongo, how long oh?

Until we will get back home

The sun is setting low