"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" is a protest song composed by English musician Sting and published first on his 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun; the song was the fifth and final single released from the album. The song is a metaphor referring to mourning Chilean women (arpilleristas) who dance the Cueca, the national dance of Chile, alone with photographs of their disappeared loved ones in their hands.
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990. This song was recorded in both English (with some spoken Spanish words by the Panamanian salsa singer, Ruben Blades) and Spanish (with additional lyrics by Roberto Livi). This latter version was titled "Ellas Danzan Solas" and was released on the 1988 EP Nada como el sol.
REMASTERED IN HD!
Music video by Sting performing They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo). (C) 1988 A&M Records
#Sting #TheyDanceAlone #Remastered
published: 15 Sep 2010
Sting - They Dance Alone
Sting performs 'They Dance Alone' live at Amnesty International in 1990.
published: 01 Jul 2015
Sting - They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo) (CD ...Nothing like the sun)
Sting Albun ...Nothing Like the Sun Song lIst
The Lazarus Heart http://youtu.be/xwpLXHpzBpc
Be Still My Beating Heart http://youtu.be/YtaJOLnd8gY
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/9T9pgnBSrHU
History Will Teach Us Nothing http://youtu.be/RprN07SfFzc
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/tqPdJ20Bsfo
Fragile http://youtu.be/6r58XaHRmLU
We'll Be Together http://youtu.be/lQIhiQAnHtA
Straight to My Heart http://youtu.be/e4_kmRmeHfo
Rock Steady http://youtu.be/bXbAWXPF_2A
Sister Moon http://youtu.be/PTgDb_Oj10E
Little Wing http://youtu.be/0t73ZTRCdIc
The Secret Marriage http://youtu.be/YfnXHRMfZYI
Full album http://youtu.be/aB3MUVQLetA
published: 02 Dec 2012
Sting - They Dance Alone (HD) Live in Viña del mar 2011
Sting Live in Viña del mar & Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile 2011
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You http://youtu.be/VATkqDkcb4s
Every little thing she does is magic http://youtu.be/61j3nZokKZU
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/aoPz5gzQzNc
Roxanne http://youtu.be/oXSmw_X9QFc
This cowboy song http://youtu.be/_Zve2zrFbvs
When We Dance http://youtu.be/eXt5p471A0k
Russians http://youtu.be/8pkNyjeFoBQ
Fields of Gold http://youtu.be/2C3ECu86mFg
Next to you http://youtu.be/H1WfMKSLXnM
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/T4K_q3XNHkY
King of Pain http://youtu.be/TIxjoDnpmf8
Every Breath you Take http://youtu.be/HnnFRONOiiY
Desert Rose http://youtu.be/XVUo1dw7CsU
She's too good for my http://youtu.be/ZW63xiW_dxY
Fragile http://youtu.be/jATVarJMyE0
Message In A bottle http://youtu.be/-RqQoynRjzg
Full Vi...
published: 14 Nov 2012
Sting w/ Peter Gabriel - They dance alone - Argentina ´88
Konzert in Buenos Aires, 15 Oktober 1988, initiiert von Amnesty Internacional.
Gänsehautfeeling, wenn die Frauen/Witwen der von Pinochet verschleppten Männer auf die Bühne kommen und mit Sting/Peter Gabriel tanzen.
Habe diese alte Aufnahme auf einem Video2000 gefunden und digitalisiert
published: 09 Mar 2010
Ruben Annink - They dance alone | Beste Zangers 2019
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Ruben Annink zingt het nummer 'They dance alone' van Sting voor Floor Jansen in aflevering 4 van Beste Zangers.
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Lyrics - They Dance Alone:
Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces ...
published: 14 Sep 2019
Sting - They dance alone (lyrics). D't forget the desaparecidos
Art: Christoph Van Daele (thanks)
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990.
Don't forget them.
published: 29 Jul 2013
They Dance Alone
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
They Dance Alone · Richie Havens
Cuts To The Chase
℗ 1994 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Composer: Sting
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 06 Nov 2014
STING They dance alone (Cueca Solo) testo inglese
in memory of DESAPARECIDOS chilenos y argentinos
(1973/1983)
with lyrics
Grazie per aver inserito il mio video in compilation! Ho realizzato questo video con scarsi mezzi, senza esperienza, ma con grande coinvolgimento. Il pensiero dei desaparecidos argentini e cileni ed il coraggio delle Madres ed Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo mi ha sempre accompagnato e non potevo astenermi dal cercare di dare il mio contributo, affinché questa tragica pagina di storia continui ad essere viva. Sperando che mai più, ed in nessun luogo del mondo, si possa ripetere. NUNCA MAS!
realizzato l' 11 nov 2009
published: 17 Dec 2010
they dance alone sting
Video clip conceptual sobre la búsqueda de los detenidos desaparecidos y ejecutados políticos chilenos, durante el tiempo de la dictadura militar de Pinochet.
Sting Albun ...Nothing Like the Sun Song lIst
The Lazarus Heart http://youtu.be/xwpLXHpzBpc
Be Still My Beating Heart http://youtu.be/YtaJOLnd8gY
Englishman in...
Sting Albun ...Nothing Like the Sun Song lIst
The Lazarus Heart http://youtu.be/xwpLXHpzBpc
Be Still My Beating Heart http://youtu.be/YtaJOLnd8gY
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/9T9pgnBSrHU
History Will Teach Us Nothing http://youtu.be/RprN07SfFzc
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/tqPdJ20Bsfo
Fragile http://youtu.be/6r58XaHRmLU
We'll Be Together http://youtu.be/lQIhiQAnHtA
Straight to My Heart http://youtu.be/e4_kmRmeHfo
Rock Steady http://youtu.be/bXbAWXPF_2A
Sister Moon http://youtu.be/PTgDb_Oj10E
Little Wing http://youtu.be/0t73ZTRCdIc
The Secret Marriage http://youtu.be/YfnXHRMfZYI
Full album http://youtu.be/aB3MUVQLetA
Sting Albun ...Nothing Like the Sun Song lIst
The Lazarus Heart http://youtu.be/xwpLXHpzBpc
Be Still My Beating Heart http://youtu.be/YtaJOLnd8gY
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/9T9pgnBSrHU
History Will Teach Us Nothing http://youtu.be/RprN07SfFzc
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/tqPdJ20Bsfo
Fragile http://youtu.be/6r58XaHRmLU
We'll Be Together http://youtu.be/lQIhiQAnHtA
Straight to My Heart http://youtu.be/e4_kmRmeHfo
Rock Steady http://youtu.be/bXbAWXPF_2A
Sister Moon http://youtu.be/PTgDb_Oj10E
Little Wing http://youtu.be/0t73ZTRCdIc
The Secret Marriage http://youtu.be/YfnXHRMfZYI
Full album http://youtu.be/aB3MUVQLetA
Sting Live in Viña del mar & Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile 2011
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You http://youtu.be/VATkqDkcb4s
Every little thing she does is magic ...
Sting Live in Viña del mar & Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile 2011
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You http://youtu.be/VATkqDkcb4s
Every little thing she does is magic http://youtu.be/61j3nZokKZU
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/aoPz5gzQzNc
Roxanne http://youtu.be/oXSmw_X9QFc
This cowboy song http://youtu.be/_Zve2zrFbvs
When We Dance http://youtu.be/eXt5p471A0k
Russians http://youtu.be/8pkNyjeFoBQ
Fields of Gold http://youtu.be/2C3ECu86mFg
Next to you http://youtu.be/H1WfMKSLXnM
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/T4K_q3XNHkY
King of Pain http://youtu.be/TIxjoDnpmf8
Every Breath you Take http://youtu.be/HnnFRONOiiY
Desert Rose http://youtu.be/XVUo1dw7CsU
She's too good for my http://youtu.be/ZW63xiW_dxY
Fragile http://youtu.be/jATVarJMyE0
Message In A bottle http://youtu.be/-RqQoynRjzg
Full Video http://youtu.be/u1QAbdIEicw
Sting Live in Viña del mar & Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile 2011
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You http://youtu.be/VATkqDkcb4s
Every little thing she does is magic http://youtu.be/61j3nZokKZU
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/aoPz5gzQzNc
Roxanne http://youtu.be/oXSmw_X9QFc
This cowboy song http://youtu.be/_Zve2zrFbvs
When We Dance http://youtu.be/eXt5p471A0k
Russians http://youtu.be/8pkNyjeFoBQ
Fields of Gold http://youtu.be/2C3ECu86mFg
Next to you http://youtu.be/H1WfMKSLXnM
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/T4K_q3XNHkY
King of Pain http://youtu.be/TIxjoDnpmf8
Every Breath you Take http://youtu.be/HnnFRONOiiY
Desert Rose http://youtu.be/XVUo1dw7CsU
She's too good for my http://youtu.be/ZW63xiW_dxY
Fragile http://youtu.be/jATVarJMyE0
Message In A bottle http://youtu.be/-RqQoynRjzg
Full Video http://youtu.be/u1QAbdIEicw
Konzert in Buenos Aires, 15 Oktober 1988, initiiert von Amnesty Internacional.
Gänsehautfeeling, wenn die Frauen/Witwen der von Pinochet verschleppten Männer a...
Konzert in Buenos Aires, 15 Oktober 1988, initiiert von Amnesty Internacional.
Gänsehautfeeling, wenn die Frauen/Witwen der von Pinochet verschleppten Männer auf die Bühne kommen und mit Sting/Peter Gabriel tanzen.
Habe diese alte Aufnahme auf einem Video2000 gefunden und digitalisiert
Konzert in Buenos Aires, 15 Oktober 1988, initiiert von Amnesty Internacional.
Gänsehautfeeling, wenn die Frauen/Witwen der von Pinochet verschleppten Männer auf die Bühne kommen und mit Sting/Peter Gabriel tanzen.
Habe diese alte Aufnahme auf einem Video2000 gefunden und digitalisiert
Stem op Beste Zangers voor de Gouden Televizier Ring: http://www.televizier.nl/ring
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Ruben Annink zingt het nummer 'They dance alone'...
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Ruben Annink zingt het nummer 'They dance alone' van Sting voor Floor Jansen in aflevering 4 van Beste Zangers.
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Lyrics - They Dance Alone:
Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is they despise
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
Hey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
Stem op Beste Zangers voor de Gouden Televizier Ring: http://www.televizier.nl/ring
#rubenannink #bestezangers
Ruben Annink zingt het nummer 'They dance alone' van Sting voor Floor Jansen in aflevering 4 van Beste Zangers.
Meer Beste Zangers:
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bestezangers
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Lyrics - They Dance Alone:
Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is they despise
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
Hey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
Art: Christoph Van Daele (thanks)
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed t...
Art: Christoph Van Daele (thanks)
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990.
Don't forget them.
Art: Christoph Van Daele (thanks)
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990.
Don't forget them.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
They Dance Alone · Richie Havens
Cuts To The Chase
℗ 1994 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Composer: Sting
Auto-generated by YouTu...
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
They Dance Alone · Richie Havens
Cuts To The Chase
℗ 1994 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Composer: Sting
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
They Dance Alone · Richie Havens
Cuts To The Chase
℗ 1994 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Composer: Sting
Auto-generated by YouTube.
in memory of DESAPARECIDOS chilenos y argentinos
(1973/1983)
with lyrics
Grazie per aver inserito il mio video in compilation! Ho realizzato questo video con s...
in memory of DESAPARECIDOS chilenos y argentinos
(1973/1983)
with lyrics
Grazie per aver inserito il mio video in compilation! Ho realizzato questo video con scarsi mezzi, senza esperienza, ma con grande coinvolgimento. Il pensiero dei desaparecidos argentini e cileni ed il coraggio delle Madres ed Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo mi ha sempre accompagnato e non potevo astenermi dal cercare di dare il mio contributo, affinché questa tragica pagina di storia continui ad essere viva. Sperando che mai più, ed in nessun luogo del mondo, si possa ripetere. NUNCA MAS!
realizzato l' 11 nov 2009
in memory of DESAPARECIDOS chilenos y argentinos
(1973/1983)
with lyrics
Grazie per aver inserito il mio video in compilation! Ho realizzato questo video con scarsi mezzi, senza esperienza, ma con grande coinvolgimento. Il pensiero dei desaparecidos argentini e cileni ed il coraggio delle Madres ed Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo mi ha sempre accompagnato e non potevo astenermi dal cercare di dare il mio contributo, affinché questa tragica pagina di storia continui ad essere viva. Sperando che mai più, ed in nessun luogo del mondo, si possa ripetere. NUNCA MAS!
realizzato l' 11 nov 2009
Video clip conceptual sobre la búsqueda de los detenidos desaparecidos y ejecutados políticos chilenos, durante el tiempo de la dictadura militar de Pinochet.
Video clip conceptual sobre la búsqueda de los detenidos desaparecidos y ejecutados políticos chilenos, durante el tiempo de la dictadura militar de Pinochet.
Video clip conceptual sobre la búsqueda de los detenidos desaparecidos y ejecutados políticos chilenos, durante el tiempo de la dictadura militar de Pinochet.
Sting Albun ...Nothing Like the Sun Song lIst
The Lazarus Heart http://youtu.be/xwpLXHpzBpc
Be Still My Beating Heart http://youtu.be/YtaJOLnd8gY
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/9T9pgnBSrHU
History Will Teach Us Nothing http://youtu.be/RprN07SfFzc
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/tqPdJ20Bsfo
Fragile http://youtu.be/6r58XaHRmLU
We'll Be Together http://youtu.be/lQIhiQAnHtA
Straight to My Heart http://youtu.be/e4_kmRmeHfo
Rock Steady http://youtu.be/bXbAWXPF_2A
Sister Moon http://youtu.be/PTgDb_Oj10E
Little Wing http://youtu.be/0t73ZTRCdIc
The Secret Marriage http://youtu.be/YfnXHRMfZYI
Full album http://youtu.be/aB3MUVQLetA
Sting Live in Viña del mar & Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile 2011
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You http://youtu.be/VATkqDkcb4s
Every little thing she does is magic http://youtu.be/61j3nZokKZU
Englishman in New York http://youtu.be/aoPz5gzQzNc
Roxanne http://youtu.be/oXSmw_X9QFc
This cowboy song http://youtu.be/_Zve2zrFbvs
When We Dance http://youtu.be/eXt5p471A0k
Russians http://youtu.be/8pkNyjeFoBQ
Fields of Gold http://youtu.be/2C3ECu86mFg
Next to you http://youtu.be/H1WfMKSLXnM
They Dance Alone http://youtu.be/T4K_q3XNHkY
King of Pain http://youtu.be/TIxjoDnpmf8
Every Breath you Take http://youtu.be/HnnFRONOiiY
Desert Rose http://youtu.be/XVUo1dw7CsU
She's too good for my http://youtu.be/ZW63xiW_dxY
Fragile http://youtu.be/jATVarJMyE0
Message In A bottle http://youtu.be/-RqQoynRjzg
Full Video http://youtu.be/u1QAbdIEicw
Konzert in Buenos Aires, 15 Oktober 1988, initiiert von Amnesty Internacional.
Gänsehautfeeling, wenn die Frauen/Witwen der von Pinochet verschleppten Männer auf die Bühne kommen und mit Sting/Peter Gabriel tanzen.
Habe diese alte Aufnahme auf einem Video2000 gefunden und digitalisiert
Stem op Beste Zangers voor de Gouden Televizier Ring: http://www.televizier.nl/ring
#rubenannink #bestezangers
Ruben Annink zingt het nummer 'They dance alone' van Sting voor Floor Jansen in aflevering 4 van Beste Zangers.
Meer Beste Zangers:
Website: https://www.avrotros.nl/bestezangers
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bestezangers
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bestezangers
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bestezangers
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Lyrics - They Dance Alone:
Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can't see what it is they despise
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
Hey Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturers
No budget for your guns
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin' with her invisible son
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance alone
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
Art: Christoph Van Daele (thanks)
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990.
Don't forget them.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
They Dance Alone · Richie Havens
Cuts To The Chase
℗ 1994 Rhino Entertainment Company.
Composer: Sting
Auto-generated by YouTube.
in memory of DESAPARECIDOS chilenos y argentinos
(1973/1983)
with lyrics
Grazie per aver inserito il mio video in compilation! Ho realizzato questo video con scarsi mezzi, senza esperienza, ma con grande coinvolgimento. Il pensiero dei desaparecidos argentini e cileni ed il coraggio delle Madres ed Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo mi ha sempre accompagnato e non potevo astenermi dal cercare di dare il mio contributo, affinché questa tragica pagina di storia continui ad essere viva. Sperando che mai più, ed in nessun luogo del mondo, si possa ripetere. NUNCA MAS!
realizzato l' 11 nov 2009
Video clip conceptual sobre la búsqueda de los detenidos desaparecidos y ejecutados políticos chilenos, durante el tiempo de la dictadura militar de Pinochet.
"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" is a protest song composed by English musician Sting and published first on his 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun; the song was the fifth and final single released from the album. The song is a metaphor referring to mourning Chilean women (arpilleristas) who dance the Cueca, the national dance of Chile, alone with photographs of their disappeared loved ones in their hands.
Sting explained his song as a symbolic gesture of protest against the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet whose regime killed thousands of people between 1973 and 1990. This song was recorded in both English (with some spoken Spanish words by the Panamanian salsa singer, Ruben Blades) and Spanish (with additional lyrics by Roberto Livi). This latter version was titled "Ellas Danzan Solas" and was released on the 1988 EP Nada como el sol.
Why are these women here dancing on their own? Why is there this sadness in their eyes? Why are the soldiers here Their faces fixed like stone? I can't see what it is they despise They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone It's the only form of protest they're allowed I've seen their silent faces scream so loud If they were to speak these words they'd go missing too Another woman on the torture table what else can they do They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone One day we'll dance on their graves One day we'll sing our freedom One day we'll laugh in our joy And we'll dance One day we'll dance on their graves One day we'll sing our freedom One day we'll laugh in our joy And we'll dance Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos Ellas danzan con los muertos Ellas danzan con amores invisibles Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia Danzan con sus padres Danzan con sus hijos Danzan con sus esposos Ellas danzan solas Danzan solas Hey Mr. Pinochet You've sown a bitter crop It's foreign money that supports you One day the money's going to stop No wages for your torturers No budget for your guns Can you think of your own mother Dancin' with her invisible son They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone