Let us in: Calais refugee song

1. When I open my eyes I see a barbed wire fence,
and a hun­gry face and a bro­ken tent,
when I close my eyes I see a man with a gun,
going round and round and round and round in my head

Cho­rus
Please give us a place at your table,
let us in, let us in.
Can you share of your salmon and honey
Our pain is your pain too

2. And the soles of my feet are rubbed red and raw
from a burn­ing treck over Syr­i­an sands
where my daugh­ter was tak­en right out of my hands
going round…
Cho­rus

3. And the bombs you sold are the bombs we heard
crash­ing into dust with a blind­ing light
And my moth­er and father both died that night
going round…

Cho­rus over verse
Please give us a place at your table,
let us in, let us in (x2)
let us in.

Last cho­rus
Please give us a place at your table,
let us in, let us in.
Can you share of your salmon and honey
Our pain is your pain too
Our hope is your hope too
Our life is your life too

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