camel - vopos lyrics

(latimer/hoover)
they woke you in the night
a glare from bright headlights.
sentry's in a row,
you watched them from a front window.
through sleepy eyes you saw the scene,
and felt
as if a dream...
had come to life.

caught by surprise
protection in disguise.
a high barricade,
the price too high to pay.
the late-night dancers filled the street,
and stopped
as if a dream...
had come to life

a wail and a cry,
blue lights flashing by
in shadows of the trees,
a zone runs in between.
the young-boy soldiers filled the streets
and moved
as if a dream...
had come to life.

can it be a nightmare?
will you wake and still be there?
so you try to run,
frightened you're the one
left inside.