Lyrics

We've come a long way We've come a long way (1st verse): Well He had difficulty to stand straight His back has became stomped More than what he would like In the middle of the line How can there be so much people How thought we were only two But there were all kind of chick, old people Just behind teenage girls were giggling In front of him a mother and her child in a stroller She was coughing, holding onto hеr hips It was a first december In front of thе Nanterre prefecture Tomorrow it will be exactly three years since he's here But he still poorly talk french This thought put a smile on his face, the line moved forward A little bit of patience, at the end of the route His first resident permit The first time he would walk Without fearing the return Since this day Were without supplies he had to run away Just enough time to take all his savings Hidden in a books Flashbacks of this night had ceased to haunt him In his sleep and to run from them he would get drunk Go on (chorus): We've come a long way Babylon, city with a thousand faces We have to keep being proud of where we came We've come a long way Despite the blow, the injury We've come a long way We've come a long way (2nd verse): That night he wake up with a start His sun was shaking him up "Dad there's noise outside" Abruptly, he stood up Headed to the windows That's it, he said to himself Everywhere there was smoke Crackling sound of guns He wake his wife up and tell her to head to the east Of the city At his grandma's house and to take the kid Because the row was getting closer Go away in the wood He said to himself He held her in his arms And tell her ''run'' And here he was, in the sticks, full of mud Hardly able to stand Chased by a bunch of enraged soldiers He went from village to village From jungle to jungle Luckily no one Knew his face And that's how he left his country Was it a miracle, destiny? No going back His wife and child were safe and sound As soon as he know it He left the continent for Europe Go on (chorus): We've come a long way We've come a long way We've come a long way Babylon, city with a thousand faces We have to keep being proud of where we came We've come a long way Despite the blow, the injury We've come a long way We've come a long way (verse 3): The boat was going to capsize Once again He looked death in the eyes But coastguards Stop him from being taken away He was brought to Marseille's door They crossed the Canebiere In a police bus Compulsory repatriate How the officer called him When pointing him and three others guys Another three life Another three stories Similar to his own They put the three of them in the same Plane for Paris, handcuffed At that moment he understood, they're gonna bring him back In his country, by force or by choice One of the three came from the same country They understood each others They decided to run away at occasion Easier said than done Even worse, brother! But the next day, luck got them out of trouble A negligence, a door left open They got out Without making any noises, waves, casualty or cry of rage And here they are on the highway The rain raged on Han!