Daniel's Song

Lyrics: Daniel's Song, Written by Daniel

Oh my parents you can't take me like this
That was not my fault, Oh no oh no
So please my father just take me back to school
I love my studies
I love my life
I need to be in a better future (2x)

Walking to school one day
The LRA came on the way
Abducting me when I was so young
Twelve years old and handed a gun
Ordered to kill innocent people
I say, "No sir, these people are innocent people"
But they say, "Just kill them or we will kill you"
So I kill those innocent people (2x)

Oh my parents you can't take me like this
That was not my fault, Oh no oh no
So please my father just take me back to school
I love my studies
I love my life
I need to be in a better future (2x)

Deciding to leave one day
I escape and begin moving
From the border of Sudan into Uganda
Gulu to Pader, through the bushes by my foot
I say, "Father I am home"
Then father say, "You killed innocent people"
I'm not welcome at my own home (3x)

Born into suffering during the war
Now I am not suffering anymore
Back in school to finish my studies
I'll build my own home
Live in a better future
Struggling to be a musician (4x)

Oh my parents you can't take me like this
That was not my fault, Oh no oh no
So please my father just take me back to school
I love my studies
I love my life
I need to be in a better future (2x)


Pader, Uganda 2011

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