Almost There

Fog hangs over the refugee camp,

Snow will be coming soon

She shares a tent with three other women

And the wind sings a keening tune

She came here across the desert

From somewhere further east

She left her home when it was destroyed

By the jets of Assad the beast

She has a sea to cross and a continent more

She needs to get past borders of wire

But she won’t stop trying, for her son and herself

She's almost there, almost there, almost there

He’s six years old, he’s known nothing but war

She wants to give him a different life

A place to grow up, go to school and enjoy

A childhood free from this strife

She lines up for water, for food and for fuel

But nowhere can she line up to get out

An exit visa is an impossible goal

So she’ll pay the smugglers and head south

She has a sea to cross and a continent more

She needs to get past borders of wire

But she won’t stop trying, for her son and herself

She's almost there, almost there, almost there

She came from Iraq, she's been in Syria too

Ended up here in Jordan with a million more

It could be worse, she could be dead

But for now she's just spoils of war

There is a home for her somewhere in this world

She will keep her hopes up, she will keep going on

She will not be stateless and homeless forever

She will look beyond the far horizon

She has a sea to cross and a continent more

She needs to get past borders of wire

But she won’t stop trying, for her son and herself

She's almost there, almost there, almost thererself

You’re almost there, almost there, almost there