Story Behind The Song
News and troubles that migrants are causing in Europe crossing from North Africa.
Song Description
Sympathetic view of the poor migrant's situation and the troubles it is causing for Europe in particular.
| Song Length |
3:03 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Miserable |
Subject |
Walking, Doom |
| Similar Artists |
Joan Baez |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Migrant
(c) 2015 Music & Lyrics byDavid Ian Hardwick
He lost his kids, he lost his wife
A refugee in a time of war and strife
He travels on, nothing to eat
No belongings, old sandals on his feet
Who needs a migrant?
Who wants the migrant?
Nobody
Who needs a migrant?
Who loves the migrant?
Nobody
He makes his way to the coast
To get across he has to brave the host
Where there is want there's human vice
He has to pay, not once but twice
No point in going home
And so I live to roam
On a choppy sea with a stormy sky
A crowded boat is no place to die
He prays to his God, "If we go down
Forgive my sins in case I drown!"
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