You left your country to seek refuge / In another man’s land / You left your country to seek refuge / In another man’s land / You will be confronted by strange dialects / And you will be fed with unusual diets / You’ve got to sleep in a tarpauline house / Which is so hot / You’ve got to sleep on a tarpauline mat / Which is so cold / O’ we own time

Living like a refugee is not easy / It’s really not easy / Living like a refugee is not easy / O’ we own time / Living like a refugee is not easy / It’s really not easy / Living like a refugee is not easy

You left your country to seek refuge / In another man’s land / You left your country to seek refuge / In another man’s land / You will be confronted by strange dialects / And you will be fed with unusual diets / You’ve got to sleep in a tarpauline house / Which is so hot / You’ve got to sleep on a tarpauline mat / Which is so cold / O’ we own time

Living like a refugee is not easy / It’s really not easy / Living like a refugee is not easy / O’ we own time / Living like a refugee is not easy / It’s really not easy / Living like a refugee is not easy

[By Reuben M. Koroma © Sweet Salone Music, 2006]