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My mother once told me of a place with waterfalls and unicorns flying
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Where there was no suffering, no pain, where there was laughter instead of dying
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I always thought she'd made it up to comfort me in times of pain
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But now I know that place is real, now I know its name
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Sal Tlay Ka Siti, not just a story mama told
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But a village in Ooh-tah, where the roofs are thatched with gold
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If I could let myself believe, I know just where I'd be â??
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Right on the next bus to paradise: Sal Tlay Ka Siti
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I can imagine what it must be like...this perfect, happy place:
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I'll bet the goat meat there is plentiful, and they have vitamin injections by the case
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The warlords there are friendly, they help you cross the street
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And there's a Red Cross on every corner with all the flour you can eat!
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Sal Tlay Ka Siti, the most perfect place on Earth
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Where flies don't bite your eyeballs and human life has worth
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It isn't a place of fairy tales, it's as real as it can be
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A land where evil doesn't exist: Sal Tlay Ka Siti
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And I'll bet the people are open-minded and don't care who you've been
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And all I hope is that when I find it, I'm able to fit in...
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Will I fit in?
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Sal Tlay Ka Siti, a land of hope and joy
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And if I want to get there, I just have to follow that white boy
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You were right, mama, you didn't lie â??
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The place is real, and I'm gonna fly!
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I'm on my way...soon life won't be so shitty
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Now salvation has a name: Sal Tlay Ka Siti
Written by Matthew R Stone/Randolph's Parker )/Robert Joseph Lopez