I come from the land of the desert
Where the mountains reach into the sky
Where snow caps god’s towers of beauty
Religion and guns ruled my life
A life of simplicity and sharing
Three children, a wife, family
I’ve been beaten, plundered and brutalised
I am a refugee
Now with decades of war my hopes faded
And with a yearning to live and be free
I packaged my life and my culture
With a bag full of sad memories
I’ve been exiled away from my homeland
I’ve been feeding advantage and greed
I have ventured ‘cross nature’s vast oceans
I am a refugee
Now a light shines down from a tower
Curled wire defines all my dreams
And a man with a baton and a spray pack
Maintains all those hostilities
As I sit in this camp in the desert
With no mountains, water and trees
My spirit is broken and shattered
I am a refugee
As I sit in this camp in the desert
Curled wire defines all my dreams
My life is dissected and traded
I am a refugee
And my hopes blow away ‘cross the desert
Like an aborigine
Where the mountains reach into the sky
Where snow caps god’s towers of beauty
Religion and guns ruled my life
A life of simplicity and sharing
Three children, a wife, family
I’ve been beaten, plundered and brutalised
I am a refugee
Now with decades of war my hopes faded
And with a yearning to live and be free
I packaged my life and my culture
With a bag full of sad memories
I’ve been exiled away from my homeland
I’ve been feeding advantage and greed
I have ventured ‘cross nature’s vast oceans
I am a refugee
Now a light shines down from a tower
Curled wire defines all my dreams
And a man with a baton and a spray pack
Maintains all those hostilities
As I sit in this camp in the desert
With no mountains, water and trees
My spirit is broken and shattered
I am a refugee
As I sit in this camp in the desert
Curled wire defines all my dreams
My life is dissected and traded
I am a refugee
And my hopes blow away ‘cross the desert
Like an aborigine
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