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Bring Us Your Tired

from Something Goin' On by Dave Howland

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A knock at the door
What is it for?
Who could it be now?
Lived here so long
Done nothing wrong
Step over here, please
Down on your knees
Sorry they say
It’s better this way

They’ll try to hunt you to the ground
Trash your name kick you around
You see it’s all been done before
We shouldn’t stand for it no more
Tell the with every breath that you take
I won’t back down
I won’t back down, no
I won’t back down

Immigration, hatred nations collide
And the victims are swept aside
Deportation, not liberation
Yanked from their homes
Definitely not a joy ride
How can we be the land of the free
If we are not embracing that we’re a melting pot?
Accept our diversity
It occurs to me
Hear Malala and Ghandi:

We were scared but our fear was not as strong as our courage
We should take our country’s love and that we should nourish
And if you’re asking me
Yo, we should be change that we wanna see

Bring us your tired
Bring us your poor
And tell Santa Claus
We don’t do that no more
Today’s a new story
We’re losing our glory
Cause who can you trust
If the enemy’s us?

They’ll try to hunt you to the ground
Trash your name kick you around
Fight back
You see it’s all been done before
For ages
We shouldn’t stand for it no more
We’re fed up
Tell the with every breath that you take
Tell em!
I won’t back down
I won’t back down, no no
I won’t back down
I won’t back down

Stand up for the voiceless, the choice-less
Who haven’t rejoiced since they were employed
From San Fran to Illinois
Blocking out the education
School girls and school boys
And the doorbell dings
But it’s not freedom’s ring
It’s the law coming to revoke
Your everything

This isn’t popular
Shying away from foreigners
Turning in history for centuries
And is it settled now?
Even more crucial that I won’t back down
Hold your ground
Yeah, I won’t back down
And I won’t back down

Let me spell it out like this:
You’re a dreamer?
Let’s dream together
You’re a dreamer?
Let’s dream forever
Been here forever?
We’re all together

The home of the brave
That’s you and me
United, undivided
That’s what it should be
We’re all Americans
And we won’t back down

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from Something Goin' On, released August 31, 2018
Music and song lyrics by Dave Howland. Rap lyrics written by Colette Haines. Co-produced by Chris Magruder and Dave Howland at Thundering Sky Studios in South Berwick, Maine.

ACOUSTIC GUITAR & LEAD VOCALS: Dave Howland
RAP VOCALS: Written and performed by Colette Haines
DRUMS: Dave Mattacks
BASS: Kent Allyn
LEAD GUITAR: Jason Crigler
BACKING VOCALS: Yamica Peterson and Pete Peterson
KEYS: Kent Allyn

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Dave Howland Highland Park, New Jersey

Dave Howland has been telling stories and creating melodies most of his life – using a reporter’s notebook and a saxophone. Equipped now with an acoustic guitar, he's recording his first collection of original songs with a talented extended family of New England musicians. ... more

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