Marty Moran - Refugee Song Lyrics

The driftwood picture frame
That your grandfather made
As a child, down in steerage
Fleeing famine, fleeing flood

Hangs over the TV
Where you curse the refugees
As he watches from that photo
From that gangway, from your door

If he knocked would you pull the blinds
Lock your legacy outside
Or would you hold him
Say you're welcome
You are wanted
You are home

You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You are welcome here
Don't listen to the castle
Listen to the masses
You're welcome
You are welcome here

If you can shrug off the pain
Of a suffering stranger at your gate
Say goodbye to the Jesus
That you never really claimed

Because we were all the unwelcomed
One time or another
But together built a manger
Ripped the doors off and called it ours

You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You are welcome here
Don't listen to the castle
Listen to the masses
You're welcome
You are welcome here

The unwelcome built your roads
Laid your rails and framed your homes
Lighted your rooms, lassoed the moon
Mended your hearts, mended your bones

So bring on the homeless, bring on the lost
Bring on the refuse tempest tossed
The lamp of liberty is low
We need you now, we need you so

So Bring on the Muslim, bring on the Sikh
Bring on the good and bruised and weak
Bring the Christian, bring the drifting
Bring the brave and bring the meek

You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You are welcome here
Don't listen to the castle
Listen to the masses
You're welcome
You are welcome here

You're welcome
You're welcome
You are home