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Refugees (BBC Peel Session)
Van der Graaf Generator
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North was somewhere years ago and cold
Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old
South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry
I walked the waters' depths and played my mind
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East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun
The winds came gently, several heads became one
In the summertime, though, August people sneered
We were at peace, and we cheered
We walked along, sometimes hand in hand
Between the thin lines marking sea and sand
Smiling very peacefully
We began to notice that we could be free
And we moved together
To the West
West is where all days will someday end
Where the colours turn from grey to gold, and you can be with the friends
And light flakes the golden clouds above all
West is Mike and Susie, West is where I love
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And there we shall spend the final days of our lives
Tell the same old stories, "Yeah, well, at least we tried"
On into the West, smiles on our faces as we'll go
Yes, and our apologies to those who'll never really know the way
We're refugees, walking away from the life that we've known and loved
Nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay, now we're alone
We're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags, tied up with string
Nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, we're truly alone
West is Mike and Susie
West is Mike and Susie
West is where I love, West is refugees' home
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