Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

Stay away from the streets

Go help Mama in the home, and cook some food to eat

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

Soldiers from the West come fi raid i home

And dem took away grandson Shine-Head off through the window

Shine-Head is with the Rebels in the streets

fighting with guns and ammunition as a child soldier

Eii, come home, come home, come home

Come home Shine-Head, come home

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

Stay away from the streets

Go help Mama in the home, and cook some food to eat

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

Do you know about the war in Sudan

Do you remember the war in Liberia

Do you remember the war in Sierra Leone

And the Biafra war in Nigeria

It's not a good sight to behold, it's not a good sight to behold, oh Shine-Head

Now the war is over, Shine-Head still remains in the street, selling crack and cociane and heroine

Trying to make a living in the streets, eii

Trying to make a living in the street, ooee

 Come home, come home, come home

Come home Shine-Head, come home

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

Stay away from the streets

Go help Mama in the home, and cook some food to eat

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head

One bright early Sunday morning

whilst I was preparing to go to church

Bongo gave a big bang on my door

And behold the casket of Shine-Head

Behold the casket of Shine-Head

Laying with his lifeless body, no motion

Laying with his lifeless body, no motion

Shine-Head is gone forever, Shine-Head is gone forever

Oh my youth you gave me heartache

Please return and come home, come home

Shine-Head return and come home

Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head, Shine-Head