Instrumental track of song 'Run, Habibti, Now Run' (Donna Devine & Billy Playle).
Inspired by the disturbing and tragic situation in 2015 in Europe involving asylum seekers from Syria and other war-torn countries.
The vocal version of the song will be posted separately on completion.
Run, Habibti, Now Run!
V1
Her husband and son
Are the blood on her blouse
Which stained the debris
Of what was a house
Her mother's last words were
Run, Habibti, Now Run!
Pre-chorus
She's a drop in an ocean
Of refugee souls
A swell that won't stop
And oh, what a toll
Chorus
Past barbed-wire borders
She hurries along
Driven by waves of despair
...Past angry red scrawls
On signs that inform her
In capital letters
…She's not welcome there
V2
The pains have begun
Though she's still on the tracks
She longs to lie down
But no going back
Her mother's last words were
Run, Habibti, Now Run!
Pre-chorus
She's a drop in an ocean
Of refugee souls
A life without war
Their desperate goal
Chorus
Past barbed-wire borders
She hurries along
Driven by waves of despair
...Past angry red scrawls
On signs that inform her
In capital letters
…She's not welcome there
Instrumental bridge
Chorus
Past barbed-wire borders
She hurries along
Driven by waves of despair
...Past angry red scrawls
On signs that inform her
In capital letters
…She's not welcome there
Outro
'Run, habibti'
Run, habibti'
'Run, Habibti, Now Run!'
© 2015 Donna Devine