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Backstory:

I read a story of a mother in Nicaragua who just simply wanted to keep her kids safe and reunite her family.                                                                        

Lyrics:

                                                  
In a tin roof shack in Managua
Hidden by Mahogany trees
A mother prepares her children
For a 2000 mile journey

She knows they don't understand
Why they must leave their friends behind
It's the only way she knows to save them
That's all that's on her mind

They live every day in fear
At the whims of the cartel
They've turned what once was heaven
Into seven kinds of hell      

(She says) Your daddy works in Texas
In a place called Abilene
We'll keep on traveling 'til we get there   
Reunite our family

chorus

We 're gonna walk until we can't walk any more
We'll be tired, we'll be hungry, we'll be sore
'Til we're so close to the flag of freedom         
We can count all fifty stars
We won't stop until you're in your daddy's arms




They followed the long road
Crossing bridges where they could                 
Determined they could make it
Like momma said they would

When the day finally came
They reached the Camargo Bridge
Momma asked for asylum
As she looked down at her two kids

Repeat Chorus

They put us in a cage
With a kinder name
Kept us there for months
While they reviewed our case
We are safe from the cartels
But not what I call free
If we ever get out of here
We're going to Abilene

                        Repeat Chorus

We Won't stop until you're in your daddy's arms


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