Refugees (BBC Peel Session) - Van Der Graaf Generator

North was somewhere years ago and cold

Ice locked the people’s hearts and made them old

South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry

I walked the waters' depths and played my mind

East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun

The winds came gently, several heads became one

In the summertime, though august people sneered

We were at peace, and we cheered

We walked along, sometimes hand in hand

Between the thin lines marking sea and sand

Smiling very peacefully

We began to notice that we could be free

And we moved together

To the West

West is where all days will someday end

Where the colours turn from grey to gold

And you can be with the friends

And light flakes the golden clouds above

West is Mike and Susie

West is where I love

There we shall spend our final days of our lives

Tell the same old stories

Yeah, well, at least we tried

So into the West, smiles on our faces, we’ll go

Oh, yes, and our apologies to those

Who’ll never really know the way

We’re refugees, walking away from the life

That we’ve known and loved

Nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay

Now we are alone

We’re refugees, carrying all we own

In brown bags, tied up with string

Nothing to think, it doesn’t mean a thing

But we can be happy on our own

West is Mike and Susie

West is Mike and Susie

West is where I love

West is refugees' home