i saw children through a fence standing by blue canvas tents i called to them they move like ghosts gliding silent and remote a girl who smiled was a straight lie looked like a creature out of time a grey boy burned by cigarettes pushed his scarred hands through the fence when i turned and tried to run i saw ten thousand children were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets along a godforsaken street i prayed an angel from the clouds would free the children free them oh oh i prayed and waited for an age i waited but no angel came i prayed an angel from the clouds would free the children free them oh oh i prayed and waited for an age i waited but no angel came i prayed an angel from the clouds would free the children free them oh oh i prayed and waited for an age i waited but no angel came i prayed an angel from the clouds would free the children free them oh oh i prayed and waited for an age i waited but no angel came  i prayed an angel would come but no angel came i prayed an angel would come but no angel came i prayed an angel would come but no angel came i prayed an angel would come but no angel came