The Ballad of Marie St. Lauriette Songtext
von Acoustic Syndicate

Well she was born
Marie St. Lauriette
From the poorest of countries
And the town of Port Au Prince
Born the daughter of a poor man
She watched her family die in vain
Swept away by the flood
Of the mighty hurricane

But she′s still alive
A little weathered by the sun
And as hard as her life is here
She still smiles for everyone
And with a little time
I know she'll rise above
All the heartaches and trouble
Of the Haitian way of love


She came to Miami
Back in 1993
On a small, wooden vessel
Not worthy of the sea
Her very life hung in the balance
She never really had a choice
And all along the voyage
She could hear her father′s voice
He said, You're still alive
A little weathered by the sun
And as hard as our life is here
We still gotta smile for everyone
And with a little time
I know she'll rise above
All the heartaches and troubles
Of the Haitian way of love

Still a young woman
Her face betrays her age
Worn, bruised and battered
From the Haitian sugar cane
Oh but now she′s in Miami
She′s gonna find a better way
And as long as she's breathing
There will be a better day

She′s still alive
A little weathered by the sun
And as hard as her life is here
She's still got a smile for everyone
And with a little time
I know she′ll rise above
All the heartache and troubles
Of the Haitian way of love
All the heartaches and troubles
Of the Haitian way