This story's right, this story's true
I would not tell lies to you
Like the promises they did not keep
And how they fenced us in like sheep

Said to us come take our hand
Sent us off to mission land
Taught us to read, to write and pray
Then they took the children away

Took the children away
The children away
Snatched from their mother's ******
Said this is for the best
Took them away

The welfare and the policeman
Said, 'You've got to understand
We'll give them what you can't give
Teach them how to really live'

Teach them how to live they said
Humiliated them instead
Taught them that and taught them this
And others taught them prejudice

You took the children away
The children away
Breaking their mother's heart
Tearing us all apart
Took them away

One dark day on Framingham
Come and didn't give a damn
My mother cried go get their dad
He came running, fighting mad

Mother's tears were falling down
Dad shaped up and stood his ground
He said, 'You touch my kids and you fight me'
And they took us from our family

Took us away
They took us away
Snatched from our mother's ******
Said this was for the best
Took us away

Told us what to do and say
Told us all the white man's ways
Then they split us up again
And gave us gifts to ease the pain

Sent us off to foster homes
As we grew up we felt alone
'Cause we were acting white
Yet feeling black

One sweet day all the children came back
The children come back
The children come back
Back where their hearts grow strong
Back where they all belong

The children came back
Said, the children come back
The children come back
Back where they understand
Back to their mother's land
The children come back

Back to their mother
Back to their father
Back to their sister
Back to their brother

Back to their people
Back to their land
All the children come back
The children come back
The children come back
Yes, I came back