Story Behind The Song

I was born just north of Washington DC; I've been a "southerner" in New Jersey and a "northerner" in the Carolinas. If my accent has been such an issue for a native, imagine how it must be for a foreiger, especially now.

Song Description

This song kicks off the "Songs Fore Nocturna" CD. It's one of our most popular offerings.

Lyrics

Don't you tell me I'm defensive, cause it's only my reply
To the icicle indifference of the winter in those eyes
I wish you'd realize, come

Open up your eyes and ears
No aliens have landed here
I'm no one that you have to fear
Just cause I'm from away ........

You can hear it in my accent, in the language that I use
Though I struggle to express I only manage to confuse
I understand your views, but

Open up your eyers and ears
No need to call on Paul Revere
I'm no one that you have to fear
Just cause I'm from away

Ah, take away these chains
I haven't felt so strange in years
And walls have ears ......

There'll be locks upon the doorways of our cultural devides
'Til the me you think you see reflects the way I feel inside, but
Doorways can be pried, wide ....

Open up your eyes and ears
No aliens have landed here
I'm no one that you have to fear
Just cause I'm from away

Open up your eyes and ears
No need to call on Paul Revere
I'm no one that you have to fear
Just cause I'm from away
I'm from away
Just someone from away from here