MP3 of LIES LIKE ILLEGALS
extract from Jenny Fitzgibbon's website: "I wrote this song when I got sick of glaring at the radio every time I heard politicians use that lie, 'illegal' or 'illegals' when talking about people fleeing persecution. It is not illegal to seek asylum." (read on)

Adapted from the tune of "When the Boat Comes in". Trad ? Northumberland

Asylum they come seeking
In a boat that's leaking
Gets the pollies freaking
When the boat comes in

No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it's a sin

Zero information
Goes out to the nation
An abomination
When the boat comes in

To 'secure' our borders
We give Navy orders
Racists would applaud us
When the boat comes in

No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it's a sin

Why say a prayer
Teach our kids to care
Then refuse to share
When the boat comes in

Private corporations
Profit from our nation's
Freedom deprivations
When the boat comes in

No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it's a sin

Forked tongues a-lashing
In a right-wing fashion
Why not show compassion
When the boat comes in

Even though there's no 'queue'
Take the pain you've been thru
To Manus or Nauru
When the boat comes in

No peace for Baba, No peace for Maman
No peace for koodak, surely it's a sin

Children in detention
Human rights suspension
We must pay attention
When the boat comes in

If I'd a son or daughter
Fleeing famine or slaughter
I'd cross any water
When the boat comes in

No Peace?

A label like "illegals"
Lies like "illegal"
Should be illegal
When the boat comes in