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Doors on the shores

from PENCIL SONGS by Neil Nayar

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Less than poverty, which I didn't really see, what struck me most about West Africa was the fact that I was so free to cross borders with my British passport, but people there spent their lives, litterally sometimes, trying to cross them. That and the confusion in my mind on walking through 'the city' with it's shiny buildings after my flip-flop wanderings resulted in this song.

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They put doors on the shores of a foreign land
It wasn’t their land, but they held the keys.
It’s not your land so give back the keys, or take away the doors.
They put doors on the shores of a foreign land,
took gold from the soul of a foreign land and look how tall and proud they stand.

It’s not your land, so take away the doors. It’s not your soil beyond those shores.
Where people were bought, people were sold.
People were taught, people were told, to respect the new leaders of the world.
“Respect the new and forget about the old.”
They put doors on the shores of a foreign land,
took gold from the soul of a foreign land and look how tall and proud they stand.

credits

from PENCIL SONGS, released June 20, 2010
Drums: Sam Henderson
Bass: Tom Flenedy
Synth: Johan Nayar
Guitar & Vocals: Neil Nayar

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Neil Nayar London, UK

I'm just one of those people who always finds myself in crazy situations in love and in life. I'm not sure if it's good for my sanity, but it does make for fun and interesting songs.

I came to Malawi in 2012 with a one-way ticket, a guitar and no money, carrying on from the hobo life I'd lived that year busking on the streets of Holland and Spain.

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