Holly Near - Nicaragua Night lyrics

We are dancing in the moonlight, in a Nicaragua night For the mothers of the soldiers, we bring our spirits here We call on midnight's mentor to mourn the murder done For the mothers of the soldiers, spirits now be here In the heat we learn your language In the night we learn your songs Voices call across the canyon in search of echoes A bloody pictures point the finger at the devil's brand of terror And the wailing will begin soft and low There is pa**ion in remembering There is fire in the heart On the mountain grows a tree that roots the fury The river moves the story, it's a troubadour's revenge As the tortoise slips beneath the sea, the hare begins to worry In Detroit a child is crying On Big Mountain a people die But in Washington the palace lamps are burning The hand that bought the ambush has tried to buy my soul But like you I won't sell out and I will never surrender And we'll keep dancing In the moonlight, in the Nicaragua night Hold our children through the night For the mothers of the soldiers, we bring our spirits here We call on midnight's mentor to mourn the murder done For the mothers of the soldiers, spirits now be here