‘Statue Of Liberty’ [5:31] (Mike Peters), Mike Peters
Lead Vocals:Mike Peters
Lyrics
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I laid down my things It was 1918 And I walked out & went across the sea To a place where I've heard a man could be free I've heard about the Statue Of Liberty Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty Gazing out over seven seas A torchlight of truth & equality Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty I landed in the north And I hitched across the land I couldn't find a job I speant all that I had I was just about to give up hope And turn back When I thought about the Statue Of Liberty I was up in the French speaking part of Canada Looking for work in an electrical plant There was thousands of men there Who's luck had run bad A foreman was shouting No English, no place So how about a Welshwan I shouted back He said come here brother There's work for you here Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty Gazing out over seven seas A torchlight of truth & equality Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty I finally crossed the border Into ?Ushitah road? Got a job working for the telephone firm And the first thing I did was save up my fair home When I thought about the Statue Of Liberty Now the fortune I'd dreamt of I never did see And after three years I decided to leave And as I set sail from New York City I saw the Stature Of Liberty Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty Gazing out over seven seas A torchlight of truth & equality Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty When I got home from my travelling The best sight I saw was the Menai bridge I've got no regrets About the life I have lived 'Cause I saw the Statue Of Liberty 'Cause I saw the Statue Of Liberty Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty Gazing out over seven seas A torchlight of truth & equality Oh there is the Statue Of Liberty
Notes
:Unrelased acoustic track. Written while on a song-writing trip with Steve Earle.
Mike Peters Notes
:A song about my grandfather. He went over to America in 1918 at the end of the First World War. He tried to make a living & make a life for himself, but it didn’t work out & he came back to Wales in 1921. The song is the story of his adventures out there.
It’s a song I probably won’t record for a while, because it’s a song which is part of a long developing plan. Ultimately I hope to build this song into a film script and a soundtrack – Introduction to a performance at The Gathering 7, 1999
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