Shona Laing Lyrics
"The Migrant & The Refugee"

The lowlands bordering
Mosquito netted dream
Under an asian sky
A black limosine
For a refugee
And the migrant is mobilised

Happy to stay with that open door
Sailor leaving the sea behind
But the border is closed
As the tent city grows
The border is home tonight

A stranger and a friend
With stranded time to spend
Longing for greener climes
Defoliant despair
It's neither here nor there
Beholden to the apetite

Never taken a day before
To touch cross the border
It may be to late
To love the hate
Not enough to want for more

And peacetime radiates
That the world won't wait
Until the wind blows clean
We bargain and bet
Over continents
The migrant & the refugee