Kikwit Town

By michael mcdonald and chester thompson



From a house comes the sound of an infant crying

People stand and stare at the door

They dare not go in

Where a child lies sobbing beside a lifeless body

Trying in vain to awaken the mother within



This chain of death has so many faces

From the frightened man to the pitiful child

Where is our deliverance here?

Will this not pass over?



Chorus:

I won't go back to kikwit town

I won't go back

I won't go back to kikwit town

I won't go back



They would not give us my father's body

The men in orange suits started gathering