I was a refuge in my mind
cross invisible lines
everywhere I went people said
we don’t want you here,
go back there.
They said “You don’t look like me,
and you don’t talk like us,
you don’t belong here,
you gonna blow us up.”
They said,
“This is my country, this ain’t your town.”
No ones asked me what I’ve seen or
who I’ve lost that I’ve loved and
no ones asked me
why
I’m still running.
I seen my father shot ‘tween his eyes,
they took my baby, took my wife.
Why am I still here?
My path is one of sorrow.
I’m just looking for a place to rest
I’m trying to do my best.
Under heaven
I am weary, I am cold, I am lost
and you don’t know what I’m coming from
or the love of the Holy Ghost
when you say
“Go away, go away.”
Go away, Go away.
I was a refugee in my mind,
heart lead, eyes red
from all
the tears
I’ve cried.
No one’s asked me of my pain,
no one’s asked me how I’ve changed,
no one’s asked me
my
name.
They just say “go away, go away.”
Go away, go away.
I was a refugee in my mind
wandering miles
looking for
a light
in your eyes.
You can’t
see mine,
you’re American Lord blind.
Heart dead, long time,
so’s your mind.
When you say “go away, go away.”
They said, “You don’t look like me,
you don’t talk like us,
you don’t belong here,
you gonna blow us up.”
They said, ” This is my country, this ain’t your town.”
This ain’t God’s country, it’s just your town.