Lyrics
In the Quiet Land no one can tell
If there's someone who's listening for secrets they can sell
The informers are paid in the blood of the land
and no one dares speak what the tyrants won't stand
In the quiet land of Burma
No one laughs and no one thinks out loud
In the quiet land of Burma
You can hear it in the silence of the crowd
In the Quiet Land no one can say when the soldiers are coming to carry them away
The Chinese want a road; the French want the oil; the Thais take the timber; and SLORC takes the spoils
In the quiet land of Burma
No one laughs and no one thinks out loud
In the quiet land of Burma
You can hear it in the silence of the crowd
In the Quiet Land
In the Quiet Land no one can hear
What is silenced by murder and covered up with fear
But despite what is forced freedom's a sound
That liars can't fake and no shouting can drown
In the quiet land of Burma
No one laughs and no one thinks out loud
In the quiet land of Burma
You can hear it in the silence of the crowd