Homeland Refugee chords by The Flatlanders
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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With a
backpack full of yesterdays
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On a freeway full of smoke and haze
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Where the power lines and
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fault lines double cross
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I left our yellow porch light on
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No one will notice no one's home
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An d no one else will notice what was lost
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Verse 2
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I lost my home when the deal went bust
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To the so- called security and trust
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I planned my life the way they said I should
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I sent my wife and kids ahead
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I'm right behind you, so I said
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I'll be there when I get there
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if that's good
Verse 3
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[Chorus] Now I'm leav
ing Californi
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a for the dust bowl
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They took it all,
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there's nowhere else to go
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The pastures of plenty are
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burning by the sea
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And I'm just a homeland refugee
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Verse 4
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There's a plastic sack by a barbwire fence
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A burned out beer truck full of dents
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A dried up stock pond by an old canal
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Between the towns the desert sands
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Filling up with empty cans
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Container trains, casinos and canals
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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[Chorus] My Grandpa
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used to tell about
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The way the bankers drove them out
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In the wind and the dust in the crash
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They crossed the desert
headed west
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They swore that it was for the best
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They reassured the ones they left behind
Verse 6
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There's some refugees from Mexico
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Behind an abandoned Texaco
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We nod and smile,
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it's clear we're all the same
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For everything this world is worth
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We're all just migrants on this earth
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Returning to the dust from
where we came
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[Chorus]
Outro 1
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Homeland Refugee
The Flatlanders
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