#the flag is just a piece of cloth
V1:
Borders, passports and visas, (7)
Stamps and immigration fees are (8)
Just instruments of blind hate (7)
That racism curates. (7)
V2:
We are born on this green earth
And assigned our lot right at birth
Lies we foolishly hold true.
Lies meant to rule and subdue.
Bridge:
We are not just what a paper dictates, (10)
A paper will not control all our fates. (10)
Chorus:
We are more than our passports (7)
We can always help and support! (8)
The flag is just a piece of cloth, (8)
It’s no token of sacred troth! (8)
V3:
Where were visas when Cook sailed?
When just treatment of natives failed?
Who permitted invasions
Of current wealthy nations?
Chorus
V4:
Families torn apart now:
All tacitly allowed somehow.
Refugees are turned away
Condemned to death - horrid days!
Chorus
V5:
Please remember who we are:
Comrades in spirit near and far!
We share more likeness than not
Alone, apart, we have naught.
Chorus