Komir - Promised land

Komir
Musik & Komposition: Fredy
Vocal: Angie & Fredy
Text: Bernd Harmsen

Promised land

you were marked out
for the big venture
to go and try your luck
travelling over the sea

young, healthy, strong
you could be the one
who once could support
the whole family tree

all of your family
had scraped together
what little they could find
to pay the smuggler's fee

venture to the promised land
to share its overflowing wealth
work and prospects with no end
as long as you are in good health
venture to the promised land

a dark and misty night
a vessel with no name
overloaded to the brim
to carry desperates abroad

crossing the rough sea
in a moonless night
all were sick
a few went overboard

venture to the promised land

doing illegal work
under plastic foils
at the Spanish coast
for a starvation wage

your hopes are shattered
and you feel cheated
yet there's no choice
but swallowing your rage