This song by Irish songwriter Padraig Grimes draws parallels between Ireland's historical famine experiences and the current housing crisis, using the story of an ordinary man forced to flee his home during the famine to highlight how economic policies can create desperate situations where people must leave their homeland, suggesting that historical injustices can inform understanding of contemporary social issues.
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RUN FROM HOME
Added:The wind blows [music] cold.
The night is dark.
My boots [music] are heavy.
There's no going [singing] back.
The landlord's blood still stains [music] my hands.
I'm a shadow running [singing] through the starving land.
Oh, [singing] run.
Run through the night [music] for Wexford [singing] town.
There by the morning light.
>> [music] >> The ship, she [singing] sails for lands unknown. [music] >> [singing] >> Run from hunger.
>> [music] >> Run from home.
Burn it all down.
I heard him [singing] say [music] they had come to take what was mine away.
>> [music] >> I stood my ground.
Through his mournful pleas, [music] I gave him a [singing] fate that was meant for me.
>> [music] >> Oh, [singing] run.
Run through the [music] night for Wexford [singing] town.
There There the morning light.
The ship she sails [singing and music] for lands unknown.
>> [music] >> Run from hunger. [singing] Run from home.
Did I say I pray the Lord above >> [music] >> will look down kindly [singing] on me and this land that I love.
Where the crops have [music and singing] failed, where I'm asking why.
>> [music] >> They still export the grain.
While my neighbors die.
>> [music] >> The moon is pale.
Tonight the stars are [music] few.
Each step I take [music] I know they're taken too.
>> [music] >> Cries of hounds and men.
But the frozen [singing] air the gallows [music] wait for me.
But I'm not there.
Oh, run. [singing] >> [music] >> Run through the night.
For Wexford [music and singing] town.
There by the morning light.
>> [music] >> The ship she sails [singing] for lands unknown. [music] Run from hunger.
run from home. [music] Though [singing] I sail for lands unknown, [music and singing] someday, I swear, I'll be coming home.
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