In The Quiet Land By Aung San Suu Kyi

In The Quiet Land
(By Aung San Suu Kyi)

In the Quiet Land, no one can tellif there's someone who's listeningfor secrets they can sell.The informers are paid in the blood of the landand no one dares speak what the tyrants won't stand.
In the quiet land of Burma,no one laughs and no one thinks out loud.In the quiet land of Burma,you can hear it in the silence of the crowd
In the Quiet Land, no one can saywhen the soldiers are comingto carry them away.The Chinese want a road; the French want the oil;the Thais take the timber; and SLORC takes the spoils...
In the Quiet Land....In the Quiet Land, no one can hearwhat is silenced by murderand covered up with fear.But, despite what is forced, freedom's a soundthat liars can't fake and no shouting can drown.