Refugee – a song –
September 8th 2015 Posted at De_Introns, English, Muziek, Overig, Politiek, Vluchtelingen
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In June, my band De Introns recorded this song. I wrote it after a visit to the refugees in 2012 who had set up camp in the middle of The Hague. Check their blog: Recht op Bestaan.
Read here about the camp set up in Ter Apel in 2011: Kamperen bij Ter Apel (Dutch)
Also see my report on our visit to Calais in 2012: De jungle van Calais (Dutch)
REFUGEE
By de Introns
When you kissed your kids goodbye
did they know that you cannot fly
A knock on the door the end
political doubt drove you out
So you crossed borders through countless lands
A trip around the world to one’s end
Touched by a hundred bare hands
Fucked up by people who you called friends
Exploited wasted
Nowhere to go
The unwashed the dark side
That’s all you know
What should I say to the refugee
squatting a tent in front of parliament
Why we’re not on the news he asks me
We’ve run from violence, war & poverty
But you don’t give a fuck
No you don’t give a fuck
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