In July 2009, three US hikers were detained along the Iran-Iraq border. Seven weeks ago, Sarah Shourd was released on a financial "guarantee" that she would return for trial, but Shourd's fiance Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are still held, their trial repeatedly postponed (it is now scheduled for 6 February).
This is Shourd's song for her fellow detainees.
LYRICS
We walked across hard land
Into a human trap
They took us for one long ride
You're now in Iran, Iran
You with your burnt green eyes
Haven't you said to me?
All they can take from us
Is a piece of time.
You're an American,
What were you doing there?
The truth doesn't matter much
in this political game.
Chorus
Now inside these four stone walls
All I can think of is you
Put on my black blindfold
Go for a walk outside
Chorus
The women all know my name
They whisper as they walk by
"Saw your Mom on BBC
Don't worry you'll soon be free."
Chorus
When I get out of this
I'll never lock anything inside
take all my friends for a walk
Down by the oceanside.
Chorus