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Flight

by Refuweegee

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Bring us a notebook, leather bound, embossed Or well thumbed and dog-eared Pages like alabaster doves Or one-legged central station pigeons I don’t care And here we will sit On the city’s tallest shoulders The carpet long gone from beneath us Here we will sit on the 24th concrete floor Let’s fling wide those flimsy green curtains Lift our eyes to the horizon Recognise every city we’ve ever seen Remember bricks that hold the sun’s heat Remember wells yielding water pure and sweet Remember cabins in the forest How our hands smelt of juniper that whole summer Remember square spires striving skywards Remember rivers carving swathes of green Now let’s unravel those memories And weave all our threads into something holy Let’s fling wide those flimsy green curtains Lift our gaze to the horizon Recognise every city we’ve ever seen Now close your eyes And lift your pen And draw with me Imagine the smile of a stranger Imagine the joy that comes in the morning Imagine the plump raindrops That will come unexpectedly, washing us all clean Imagine a dandelion-yellow urban meadow Imagine safety while storms drum the window Imagine rich and unfamiliar flavours Imagine a place that we will all call home Let’s fling wide those flimsy green curtains Lift our gaze to the horizon Recognise every city we’ve ever seen Now close your eyes And lift your pen And draw with me
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Come on let's talk about the weather Let's get it over with We both know it's not getting any better Best to see it as a long wet kiss Cause Lisa wrote it is the reason The spaces are so green From Kelvingrove to Bellahouston And all the nooks and crannies in-between So can we let go of the false alarms And those cliches bearing down on me So we can welcome you with open arms Come on let's talk about the razors The credit we still clutch Dreamed up by an alcoholic baker Is it time to kick it into touch Cause Johnny Stark is in the past now He wasn't even real They like to paint us as gritty But this is no mean city So can we let go of the false alarms And those cliches bearing down on me So we can welcome you with open arms So can we let go of the false alarms Those old chestnuts raining down on me So we can welcome you with open arms Come on let's talk about religion Our not-so-secret stain And how the lines we've traced through the past Have turned Christ back into Cain We need to re-write the script We need fresh blood on the stage We need the plot to thicken We need our hearts to quicken So can we let go of the false alarms And those cliches bearing down on me So we can welcome you with open arms So can we let go of the false alarms Those old chestnuts raining down on me So we can welcome you with open arms
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There’s a knock on the door Hear a call People asking for aid You look through the hole That you made To keep you safe From the outside world Your life your home A cloistered bubble You protect your own You don't want to know the human story You’re so scared it might change you Convince yourself you’re not connected Close off the wider field of view Fear blinds Hate breads Loss of humanity You try to block change From happening Do you never think This could be a blessing There is a knock on the door A human call They're outside waiting You don't want to know the human story You're so scared it might change you Convince yourself you're not connected Close of the wider field of view In your sheltered domain Your safe and warm You can you turn away You fear their truth Travelled and worn What might they bring in There's a knock on the door A human call Their outside waiting There's a knock on your door A human call Answer or succumb to fear There's a knock on the door A human call Open up and let them in There's a knock on the door A human call Outside waiting There's a knock on your door A human call Answer or succumb to fear There's a knock at the door A human call Open up and let them in There's a knock at the door A human call Open up and let them in There's a knock at the door A human call Open up and let them in
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You dock here defenceless, face bleak weather alone Your instincts would hap you up, keep out the unknown But there’s warmth on the wettest days, comfort in cold May communities cradle you, connections show the Sunlight in everyone, sunlight Sunlight in everyone, sunlight A startling detachment from all that you’ve been Experience carves you, things can’t be unseen Yet there’s warmth on the wettest days, comfort in cold May your memories swaddle you, happy stories console with Sunlight in everyone, sunlight Sunlight in everyone, sunlight Experience carves you, this we know to be true But the more you are whittled away, the more light can shine through Sunlight in everyone, sunlight Sunlight in everyone, sunlight
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As the waves start to break, high on the hulls of the ships we sail We huddle together with many prayers and dreams, lost out at sea Far from all the turbulence we’ve travelled from. Without a wish to impose upon you anything Just some rest from the horrors still hounding our hearts All that we ask is a place of peace beneath these shimmering stars. As the waves start to break, through the fields and fences dividing I reminisce that love that spilled from your eyes, what more can I Do to hold myself from falling into the abyss? All the folk who treat us with a kind dignity Know that help is a substance we all need sometime For there’s a weight that pulls us all into the ground. After all we’ve been through, after all we’ve found Set adrift on the waves that our fates we’re cast All that we ask is a place of peace beneath these shimmering stars

about

Refuweegee is a Glasgow-based project that delivers 'letters to the locals' to newly arrived refugeees and asylum seekers as part of welcome packs, which also include reply envelopes. The songs on this album, Flight, have been written in response to these unique, funny, thoughtful and heartwarming letters.

All profits from the sale of this CD will go to Refuweegee.

Each download also includes a pdf of the original poster for the Refuweegee event 'A Night Of Notes', where all the songs were performed.

credits

released June 15, 2016

Recorded by Danny Mitchell at Carlton Studios.
Mixed by Ross Clark.
'Open Arms' recorded and mixed by Andrew Howie.
Mastered by Nathan at Matrix Audio.
Backing vocals and additional instrumentation by the other artists.
Artwork by Gabi Froden.
CD layout by Gordy at Easy Multi Media.

Huge thanks to all the musicians, to Gabi Frödén, Selina Hales, Dave Blackburn, Barney Taplin, Danny Mitchell, Carlton Studios and Ross Clark.

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Refuweegee Glasgow, UK

Refuweegee is a community led project set up to ensure that all refugees arriving in Glasgow are welcomed to the city in true Glaswegian style.

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www.refuweegee.co.uk

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