LYRICS
What if the Earth is a spaceship
Full of illegal aliens seeking some asylum
And on the stormy seas (sees) overturn… flip
Will there be a rescue? Will there be refuge?
Will we be taken in? Or will they refuse?
Chorus
When you know you’re feeling like Snowden
There’s absolutely no where to go… then,
You realize your relative size
A sheep in sheep’s clothes. No lies. No guise.
What if you were fleeing a brutal rule
Praying for a Christmas past Christmas Island
Instead a new guinea pig in (Papua) New Guinea
Please tell me who really is the fool
Treat everyone as enemy not as friend?
What is your motive? Fear, control or pinch a penny?
Chorus
The most sought after by the Central Intelligence Agency
Please, oh, please take me to your leaders
For if there is intelligent life here, I’ve yet to see
Appears the hypocrites are all traitors
Trying to prevent all that should be
Turning our futures into laters
Chorus
Past Christmas Island.mp3
ABOUT THIS SONG
This song was inspired by the news of the day:
US officials fume over Russia granting asylum to Snowden | Fox News
The White House and U.S. lawmakers fumed Thursday after NSA leaker Edward Snowden entered Russia on temporary refugee status….
Edward Snowden wakes up to life in Russia – CBS News
Ex-NSA leaker is now officially a refugee being protected by Russia, but he won’t exactly be enjoying the freedom he previously knew.
Russia Grants NSA Leaker Snowden Asylum; Not Heading To Latin America
Snowden has received offers of asylum from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, but the logistics of reaching any of those countries are ….
PNG opposition mounts legal challenge as first asylum seekers land | Brisbane Times
Papua New Guinea’s opposition has resurrected a constitutional challenge to Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island as the first group of asylum seekers arrive to experience Labor’s tough resettlement policy. The 40 mainly Iranian and Afghan single men were flown from Christmas Island late on Wednesday and touched down on Manus Island on Thursday morning.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Refugee advocates are concerned for the safety of asylum seekers in Nauru after large-scale riots at the island’s detention centre late last month. Yesterday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed a deal with Nauru’s president that will see asylum seekers who arrive by boat in Australia sent to Nauru to have their claims processed and possibly resettle there. But an Asylum Seeker
Resource Centre spokeswoman is worried about hostility from the local people towards asylum seekers. A fortnight ago, asylum seekers being held on Nauru rioted, causing $60 million in damage to the facilities there.
Drowning in neglect | ljazeera.com
Three people have drowned and about 40 others were still missing … Does Australia have any legal or moral responsibility toward refugees …
Australia Says 120 Refugees May Have Drowned Off Indonesia | www.businessweek.com
More than 120 asylum seekers may have drowned off Indonesia, according to the Australian government, which is reopening offshore …
Almost 1,000 asylum seekers, often from war-torn Middle Eastern and South Asian nations, are known to have drowned in the waters between Indonesia and Australia since 2001. While the number of people seeking asylum in Australia is dwarfed by applications to the U.S., the issue has dogged Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government, which is clawing back from near record-low approval ratings before elections due next year.
Chords — C C+G C-C+G#
G D C
Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)
Daniel — Guitar, Vocals
From the album Like Father, Like Son
By Daniel Brouse
