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More informatiomn has come to light about 3 year old
Syrian boy Alan Kurdi whose body was found recently washed
up on a beach in Turkey. Refugee advocates now say his
families ultimate goal was to reach asylum in Canada.
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He was carried from the water by a soldier
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And the picture screams a thousand different words
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He was running from the terror with his father
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Who once believed that nothing could be worse
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So he’d handed a man two thousand precious dollars
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The way you’d rest a bird in a lion’s open jaw
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And he told the boys that Canada was waiting
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That there was hope upon her golden shores
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But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind
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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
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Won’t you open up your arms towards the sea?
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Oh Canada, if you can help me out
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All I ever wanted was a safe place for my fam-i-ly
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Well the days were long but the nights were even longer
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And the baby boys never left their mothers’ side
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But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger
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And they began to fear they’d not survive
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So the father said “We gotta hold each other tighter
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I’m not losing everything I love tonight
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And we’ve come so far I know that out there somewhere
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There’s a place where we won't have to fear for our lives”
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But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky
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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
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Won’t you open up your arms towards the sea
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Oh my Canada, if you can help me out
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The sea is churning I think we’re going doooooooooooooooown
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Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
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Won’t you open up your arms towards me
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Oh, anyone please help me out
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All I ever wanted was a safe place for my familyyyyyyyyyyy
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There’s a million ways to justify your fear
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There’s a million ways to measure out your words
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But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand
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Tell me how do you live with that?