The sarajevo tunnel (Lyrics/music: Marjan Debaene)
She was standing in the doorway of her shot-to-pieces-house
She was smiling proud with eyes on fire, she's never felt more alive than now
And I didn't understand a single word of anything she said
but for a moment I guess I understood how she felt
I was looking over a calm and empty plain of grass towards the airstrip
I was trying not to cry as I thought of how scared they must have been
If i' d been there ten years ago I swear I would have helped them dig
But I was only seventeen those days, oblivious and just a kid... playing gigs
The Sarajevo tunnel started here
Food, water, oil and guns brought into town from here
For years and years lives were saved from here
She’s lost her brothers, her husband and one of her sons
to booby traps and snipers in surrounding hills shooting rifle guns
She is now seventy three and she still lives here
her memorial museum and her tunnel are her only legacy
The Sarajevo tunnel started here
Food, water, oil and guns brought into town from here
For years and years lives were saved from here
Solo
For years and years lives were saved from here
She was smiling proud with eyes on fire, she's never felt more alive than now
And I didn't understand a single word of anything she said
but for a moment I guess I understood how she felt
I was looking over a calm and empty plain of grass towards the airstrip
I was trying not to cry as I thought of how scared they must have been
If i' d been there ten years ago I swear I would have helped them dig
But I was only seventeen those days, oblivious and just a kid... playing gigs
The Sarajevo tunnel started here
Food, water, oil and guns brought into town from here
For years and years lives were saved from here
She’s lost her brothers, her husband and one of her sons
to booby traps and snipers in surrounding hills shooting rifle guns
She is now seventy three and she still lives here
her memorial museum and her tunnel are her only legacy
The Sarajevo tunnel started here
Food, water, oil and guns brought into town from here
For years and years lives were saved from here
Solo
For years and years lives were saved from here
© Superjane Music - 2015
