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Refuge Island

from Forget Me Nots by Bruce Pumpa

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I wrote Refuge Island at the height of the Children Overboard saga. I think there is a tendency in this country to blame the victim. I remember having a discussion with a work colleague who was critical of asylum seekers who made it here, as he thought they must have had money to buy their passage over and therefore should have stayed to help their countrymen. The main thing that stuck with me was his comment: "Freedom is not free". I thought true, but life should not be that hard for anyone. So, I made an EP with Refuge Island and three other songs and donated the proceeds to Oxfam projects that helped refugees, and have now included the song on Forget Me Nots.

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Refuge Island
(Bruce Pumpa)

We live on an island, but islands we’re not
God gives us plenty to share what we’ve got
People come here who’ve run out of choices
They need people like us, to raise up our voices

(Chorus)
Refuge Island in the sun
You know we’re not the only ones
Show compassion and some grace
We’re all first in the human race

People come here from war torn lands
They need people like us to extend our hands
To welcome in peace, and to show them respect
If the tables were turned, it’s what we would expect

(Chorus)

Freedom is not free he said
And on that I can agree
But the price they pay is so much more
Than the price for you and me

Welcome come in, worth such a lot
People need some place, when you’ve lost all you've got
We can all grow, on a solid base
And an island like this one, should be just the place

(Chorus x 2)

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from Forget Me Nots, released August 27, 2013
Bruce Pumpa
(Words and Music)

Bruce Pumpa: Vocals, piano, organ, keyboard bass, drums, xylophone, congas, bongoes, timbales, maracas, tambourine, claves

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Bruce Pumpa Melbourne, Australia

Hi, I'm Bruce Pumpa. I am a singer, songwriter, musician from Melbourne. I write about things that are important to me, like family, love, compassion, respect, dancing. I have recorded an EP and two albums with Jeremy P Martin engineering and co-producing and have a wonderful band the Perfect Gentlemen who I sing and play keyboards with. I also play drums in a great cover band the Flying Sorcerers ... more

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