David Rovics

I Wanna Go Home

David Rovics


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I was born a refugee
And I don't know if I'll ever see
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The old farmhouse I've heard about
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But it's where I belong, there is no doubt
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'Cause my whole family is from that farm
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And we never did nobody harm
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And if you're confused by what you've heard
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Let me boil it down to a single word
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I wanna go home...
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I wanna go home


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And I have heard my grandpa say
That on the street most every day
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The neighbors' kids would kick a ball
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With my dad when he was small
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We were Christians, they were Jews
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But it was no big deal, religious views
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So it was strange when at the point of a gun
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Across the river we had to run
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I wanna go home...
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I wanna go home


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We had dabkeh, we had songs
And we all knew where we belonged
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We grew crops, life was good
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There in the land where Jesus stood
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Now we're scattered everywhere
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But there's no peace anywhere
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I'm just searching for some kind of sign
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For some way back to Palestine
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I wanna go home...
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I wanna go home