Verse 1
It began on a lonely summer day
Roaming the fields as a man against his country
Trying to escape the vicious Vietnam war
A fight that soon tore his family away
Verse 2
Fast forward a couple of years
Finding himself in a country, not his
Finding a girl who wants to leave for freedom
Escaping to a world that unfamiliar to theirs
Chorus
They did it for themselves
They did it for their kids
They did it for their family
To soon be welcomed with open arms
In a country that they can find freedom
- From this song, I wanted to do a small story of the journey my dad took to come to America.
- I had a long conversation with my dad about his story when coming to America. From there, I played around with some lyrics and tried to make it work with an easy beat.
- When writing the song, I had a clear view of what I wanted to show but making the lyrics fit with a beat was difficult.
- In terms of a song, I think that it jumps around in terms of the story but I also think that the song paints a picture of someone traveling to the US from a different country.
- I don’t think I will ever write another song again.
- If I were to write another song, I probably would write about when I first met my girlfriend.
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