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We come here with the clothes on our backs
Our children have less, don’t know what they lack
Guards take our shoelaces and turn us away

They put our papers in plastic bags
Make us cross the bridge away from your flag
That star-spangled banner ain’t waving too proud today

Kidnappers on the bridge in their shiny new trucks
Know how to take advantage of us
They hold us for ransom not one of us can pay

But somewhere a bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings or no beings at all

I watch them haul off a father and son
What can I do, once again I run
Close my eyes tight, it’s happening everyday

What does security even mean
So much outrage filling every screen
How many people must die before you feel at ease?

Walls go up, walls come down
A nursery rhyme, sung by a clown
Do you really think you can lock out all that you fear?

But somewhere a bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings or no beings at all

Asylum, is it too much to ask
A helping hand to carry us past
A time when the world seems so lost
You might not understand what it’s gonna cost
Asylum, we don’t mean to beg
And it hasn’t always been this way
And it hasn’t always been this way

It gives me no comfort, it gives me no joy
You can share this news with your own little boy
Your precious borders, they’re bound to be swept away

There are camps for us, they’ll be camps for you
We’ll all have to answer for the things we do
When you’re running you’ll learn it’s awfully hard to pray

There are those seeking and those who find
Rest assured it reverses in time
And those shoelaces you steal might just bind you up someday

And you’ll hear a bird sing, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings, or no beings at all

A bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings, on no beings at all

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from Trespassers​-​-​full album, released September 9, 2022

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Doctor Baker Albany, New York

Doctor Baker started out as an acoustic duo featuring singer-songwriter Ed Schwarzschild and guitarist Iggy Calabria, two wayward Philadelphians who met in Albany, NY. After adding Danny Goodwin on drums and Chris Gockley on bass, Doctor Baker sounds a lot louder, and the band's strong, sound medicine has begun to heal audiences in the Capital Region and beyond. ... more

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