Blood on the Ivory Coast

VERSE
[Picked high]
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Nearly 200 people
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May have been killed last month
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In a dispute over the election results

Death squads were seen
And sympathisers abducted
While the opposition leader is hidden away

Because the President can't face
The prospect of a break
And kills those who disagree

CHORUS
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There's blood on the Ivory Coast
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People have seen it, the UN can boast
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There's blood on the Ivory Coast

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Not long now for, the new civil war
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There's blood on the Ivory Coast

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But not enough to intervene

VERSE
At a special UN session
The American Ambassador
Said we've heard some credible reports

Of many mass graves
Torture and mistreatment
And people being snatched in the night

Unfortunately
It's been impossible to investigate
We've not allowed to move around

CHORUS

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MIDDLE
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With the army on his side
Am
The president will ride
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Over the laws of human rights

Until the UN acts
The people will suffer
And the death toll will continue to rise

CHORUS