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based on my mother's story

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sister and me
drawing up the water,
ain’t got no ring
or money to our name.

wait patiently
for one day we will leave here,
and be a long, long way from home.

yes, it’s a long, long way from home.

daddy and me
holding hands, and crying
one hundred dollars,
a suitcase, and me.

when will it be
that we’ll next see each other?
i’ll be a long, long way from home.

yes, it’s a long, long way, and i’ve traveled so far
but things there are better than things where we are.
a long, long way, but i lift up my head
no pain will i show, no tear will i shed.

honey and me
living in the city
waitress by day,
student by night.

no one pays heed
to tired, sullen faces
who are a long, long way from home.

daughter and me
fighting for the first time
she screams in english,
i in chinese.

head ‘tween my knees
i’ve known it for so long now:
i’m a long, long way from home.

a long way
long way
long way
from home.

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from A Life in Color, released August 2, 2015
music & lyrics by Cynthia Meng
vocals: Cynthia Meng, Kim Onah, Tess Davison, Olivia Miller

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Cynthia and Kim recently graduated from university, and are figuring out how to be Real People who live Real People Lives.

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