Broken Children

Sitting alone on a cold metal bench In a metal cage Even if you knew what day it was It wouldn't matter Staring into the black hole where your mother was Trying to remember your father's face An unwilling and unnecessary orphan We keep breaking them for some reason All we get are broken children You came with hope And they tore your heart out You leave in fear and silence Surrounded by all that violence You came to accept the promise of America We keep breaking them for some reason All we get are broken children Well live is better Than where you've been If you've got the right color skin And your papers are in order When you cross the border But you came too late Now they've slammed the gate We keep breaking them for some reason All we get are broken children Still sitting alone on a cold metal bench In a metal cage Even if you knew what day it was It wouldn't matter Staring into the black hole where your mother was Trying to remember your father's face An unwilling and unnecessary orphan We keep breaking them for some reason All we get are broken children