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Stranger in this Land

from Terrestrian Hymns by Bateau Ivre

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Father where are you taking me?
all these places are strange and unknown to me
lost my sense of reality
after marching for hours and days and weeks

Mother where are you taking me?
all these places will haunt me in my dreams
I hold on tight to my memories
of playing in the shade of the chestnut tree

I am a stranger in this town
I may be free when you're around
will you ever come?

I am a stranger in this land
and so I pray for helping hands
will they ever come?

brother where are they taking me?
I've heard stories of health and money and peace
everything that we left to seek
through the desert and then across the sea

I am a stranger in this town
I may be free when you're around
will you ever come?

I am a stranger in this land
and so I pray for helping hands
will they ever come?


I'm no more a stranger in this town
and I am free now you're around
no more on the run

I'm no more a stranger in this land
don't trace my footsteps in the sand
it's over and done

I'm no more a stranger in this land
I'm here to stay you understand
and I will belong
yes I will belong.

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from Terrestrian Hymns, released December 25, 2020
written, arranged and produced by Bateau Ivre

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Bateau Ivre Berlin, Germany

Step onboard the drunken boat…
and embark on a journey to the highest joy and deepest sorrow, beautiful, mesmerizing, and disturbing all at once!

BATEAU IVRE's Post Folk sound is created and expressed by Paul Kuchenbuch and Nick Whitaker.

Both are multi-instrumentalists with an interest in many styles of music - hence the diversity of BATEAU IVRE's sounds and arrangements.
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