Adrift in a boat
Paying for escape
A people in this world so dislocated
Praying you won't sink
With nothing to drink
You're saved somehow by a Norwegian ship
They're sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
Sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
You're hoping for permission to stand
Free in some Van Diemen's land
But gun boats and the military
Stopped you dreaming out at sea
They're sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
Sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
They're dividing you
They're dividing you
Oh it's despicable
They're dividing you
They're dividing you
Oh it's despicable
Adrift in a boat
Paying for escape
A people in this world so dislocated
Paying for escape
A people in this world so dislocated
Praying you won't sink
With nothing to drink
You're saved somehow by a Norwegian ship
They're sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
Sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
You're hoping for permission to stand
Free in some Van Diemen's land
But gun boats and the military
Stopped you dreaming out at sea
They're sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
Sending you wherever they can
Maybe Aotearoa Nauru or some other Pacific Island
Sending you wherever they can
Mr Howard's Aussi government just doesn't want to let you in
They're dividing you
They're dividing you
Oh it's despicable
They're dividing you
They're dividing you
Oh it's despicable
Adrift in a boat
Paying for escape
A people in this world so dislocated
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi - 2005/7/4 - 19:16
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Testo e musica di Daniel Gannaway
Lyrics and music by Daniel Gannaway
"The song was inspired by John Howard and the Australian Government's actions over the 438 Afghan refugees trapped at sea in September 2001, and the Australian governments reaction and treatment. The asylum seekers were stranded at sea for more than a week after the Norwegian ship Tampa rescued them from the sinking Indonesian ferry they were aboard on 26 August. It took them to Christmas Island but Australia refused to let them land. They were taken to Papua New Guinea to be flown to New Zealand and the South Pacific island of Nauru for the processing of their asylum claims." -Daniel Gannaway.