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I Wanna Go Home (Songs for Mahmud version)
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For the Palestinian refugees, who, at the core of the whole thing, just want to go home.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Peak in subgenre #52
Author
David Rovics
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David Rovics 2004 All Rights Reserved
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May 23, 2005
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For the Palestinian refugees, who, at the core of the whole thing, just want to go home.
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I Wanna Go Home David Rovics I was born a refugee And I don't know if I'll ever see The old farmhouse I've heard about But it's where I belong, there is no doubt 'Cause my whole family is from that farm And we never did nobody harm And if you're confused by what you've heard Let me boil it down to a single word (Chorus) I wanna go home... And I have heard my grandpa say That on the street most every day The neighbors' kids would kick a ball With my dad when he was small We were Christians, they were Jews But it was no big deal, religious views So it was strange when at the point of a gun Across the river we had to run (Chorus) We had dabkeh, we had songs And we all knew where we belonged We grew crops, life was good There in the land where Jesus stood Now we're scattered everywhere But there's no peace anywhere I'm just searching for some kind of sign For some way back to Palestine (Chorus) Created June, 2003 Copyright David Rovics 2003, all rights reserved I Wanna Go Home in FRENCH: Je veux rentrer chez-moi David Rovics Je suis né réfugié Et je ne sais pas si je verrai jamais La vieille ferme dont j’ai entendu parler Pourtant, c’est là mon foyer, il n’y a pas de doute Parce que ma famille entière est de cette ferme Et nous n’avons jamais fait de mal à personne Et si ce que vous avez entendu vous a rendu confus, confuse Laissez-moi ramener tout cela à un seul mot (Chorus) Je veux rentrer chez-moi J’ai entendu mon grand-père dire Que dans les rues pratiquement tous les jours Les enfants des voisins jouaient à la balle Avec mon père, quand il était petit Nous étions Chrétiens, ils étaient Juifs Mais les croyances religieuses n’avaient pas vraiment d’importance Alors ça a été très étrange quand, à la pointe du fusil, Nous avons dû nous mettre à courir vers l’autre côté de la rivière (Chorus) Nous avions la dabkeh, nous avions des chansons Et nous savions tous ce à quoi nous appartenions Poussaient les récoltes, la vie était bonne Sur la terre où Jésus a déjà marché Maintenant nous sommes dispersés un peu partout Et il n’y a plus de paix nulle part Je ne cherche plus qu’un signal Un moyen de retourner en Palestine (Chorus)
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