Refugees - Leo Sayer

We are lost

We are homeless

Doomed to sail forever on this stormy sea

When we left here

We gave up all we owned

Chased by the devil that stole our homes

And we may never see

The beauty of our land again

No backward glance

No history, no home, no claim

Only shame

We are old

We are many

Crowded to the gunnels on a broken boat

We seek food

We seek shelter

We seek arms around us to give us hope

But we may never find

A welcome on your foreign shore

We know the odds are stacked against

The coloured, sick, the weak and poor

We could be you

We share the same blood

So why’s our fate so different in this human flood?

So you chase us

You despise us

Divide us up with your looks and your shallow words

So we survive in limbo

Or come to you illegally

We may share the soil

But we will never be unchained and free

And when we disappear

You’ll never get to see us flee

They will hide us from you

Say it’s for your liberty

Your sanity

We are lost

We are homeless

Homeless

Hopeless