Émigré

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

I can feel the fear hang heavy on the water

Glinting sharply with the pale moonlight

Mothers hold on tightly to your children

The waves are breaking violently tonight

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

Can we go as they go

Across the borderlines

I hear yelling I hear crying I hear praying

As the ocean threatens us on all four sides

The water rises deeper every minute

This vessel cannot bear the burden of our load

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

Can we go as they go

Across the borderlines

One by one the children have grown silent

From their mother's arms they float away

The roaring sea will wash our quiet bodies

Upon the foreign shores but our souls

Will find a way

And with Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines

Seabirds fly the salty wind

East to South North to West

See us go as they go

Across the borderlines