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Refugee

from Meridians by The Brothers Yares

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Refugee is old track reinvented in 2012 at the Seeds of Peace Camp in Maine. Shoshana Gottesman plays viola, Avi Salloway of Bombino and Billy Wylder plays slide. Both contributed greatly to a multi-disciplinary arts performance called, We Make the Road By Walking. The production featured Israeli, Palestinian (Gazan & West Bank), Jordanian, American, Pakistani, Indian artists and educators.

lyrics

You’re a refugee, almost proud to be free
But you’re just about imprisoned by your poverty
You’ve built a home from the ashes of the old
And in a bag you still carry almost all that you own

Your guard is up and you watch for forked tongues
You’re careful about the careful changing in the streets
There’s a different beat to the rhythm of your heart
And it carries the rhythm of machine gun

In time, maybe you will see people begin to agree
and drink tea with someone you haven’t seen and
In time, you still might look out from behind your wall
at your children in the street

People’s insides can be the hardest matter of all time
Bodies can be broken, but thoughts still carved in stone
From rock to rubble and rubble to dust,
A speck of sand in your eye won’t keep you from much

The words are fire burning all the time
Ashes in the air, on our skin, in our hearts
Maybe these bitter tongues still might make a sweeter sound
But we’re waiting for the movement of this moment to arrive

credits

from Meridians, track released August 16, 2015
Avi Salloway - Slide Guitar
Shoshana Gottesman - Viola

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The Brothers Yares (American folk and rock music born in the wilds of Southern New Jersey and steeped in the bewilderment of the Middle East.

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