Van Der Graaf Generator - Refugees

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From "The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other" (1970)

N. was somewhere years ago and cold:
ice locked the people's hearts and made them old.
S. was birth to pleasant lands, but dry:
I walked the waters' depths and played my mind.
E. was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun:
the winds came gently, several
heads became one
in the summertime, though august people sneered...
we were at peace, and we cheered
We walked along, sometimes hand in hand,
between the thin lines marking sea and sand;
smiling very peacefully,
we began to notice that we could be free,
and we moved together to the West.
W. is where all days shall someday end;
where the colours turn from grey to gold,
and you can be with the friends.
And light flakes the golden clouds above:
West is Mike and Susie,
West is where I love.
There we shall spend the final days of our lives...
tell the same old stories: well, at least we tried.
So into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go;
oh! yes, and our apologies to those
who'll never really know the Way....
We're refugees, walking away from the life we've known and loved...
nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone.
We're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags, tied up with string...
nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, but we'll be happy on our own.
West is Mike and Susie;
West is Mike and Susie;
West is where I love,
West is refugees' home.

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[Recebaccs]

Men. Is this really our life, isn't?

[ValerioMansueti]

one of the best songs of all the times,..I was 15 years old when I listened it for the first time,...(1970)..and still it gives me so many thrills,..and always will give....

[marpa58]

a musical trip...perfect!

[jstorrdala]

@Recebaccs

Yes, this is...

[jstorrdala]

Hmm, I can't say nothing, beautiful, it would be the best to die in this moment, what the future can bring any better thing...

[BlackestEyes1963]

Best song EVER WRITTEN. What more is there to say?

Damn... so beautiful, so wonderful. VDGG RULES!!!

[Friulidani]

Quel voyage ! une pure merveille!!!

[jstorrdala]

Az egyik legszebb szám amit ismerek, ezerszer hallottam és nem tudom megunni, ezzel szeretnék távozni ebből a világból...

[LaVadoRos1]

.. the summer wind out of the land of youth..

[acer9575]

onde virem imigrantes clandestinos ou não vão ve-los sempre com os seus sacos e o olhar de quem procura compreensão e uma simples palavra amiga e depois eles vão sorrir e falar de coisas lindas das suas vidas.eu sei porque sou um deles

[tomwodi2]

I know the way. I'm far away now, but I know the way. I'll be there one day.