In a cloud of dust they roam Covered waggons down a country road Happy people laugh and sing Hear the bell of freedom ring awhile For the countryside is their own And now the town is drawing near And parent's eyes begin to shift with fear But their children still play on Not knowing that they can't never settle down And make this town their own Around the camp the fires, they are hot And hungry children gather around the pot But some will go to bed tonight Without a bite of food or heat or light For this town is not their own And at the dawning of the day People come and tell us to go away We don't want your likes in here You bring dirt, disease, and unto our children, fear Come on get out, this town is not your own And so once more we're on the run Out to face the cruel wind and sun A land of saints and scholars We have lost our precious gift of charity And don't recognise our own