As the day is newly dawning, as the sun is on the rise
You can hear the footsteps coming, you can hear the childrens' cries
On the wrong side of the wire we are hiding in the trees
Heading for the border we are the refugees
When your leaders sent the soldiers was the day the seeds were sowed
Now comes the bitter harvest and the payment that is owed
You bombed us and betrayed us and brought us to our knees
Then drove us from our countries to become the refugees
You send out boats and planes to keep us from your shores
You drove us from our homes but you won't let us into yours
Through the snow and through the desert we have to travel on
Hope is all that's left us when all we used to have is gone
Our children washed up on your beaches, our families drowning in your seas
Still we journey onwards. We are the refugees
You send out boats and planes to keep us from your shores
You drove us from our homes but you won't let us into yours
credits
from For Syria With Love,
released August 28, 2016
written and performed by Andy Harding
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