In October of 1993, Hugh Nicholson approached Gary Numan during his Dream Corrosion tour with a recording of the melody and video of the Italian masked percussion group Dadadang performing the detailed drum work for the song. Nicholson had previously worked with Numan on the successful Radio Heart m...
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
Treated like a refugee
Never seems to be a place for me
In my mind there is a scene I see
My house is burning
No one returning
To a land once free
Dreaming like a deportee
Cast away upon the open sea
No hand of friendship for the likes of me
I feel the thunder
I'm going under
And I can't get free
If there is a heaven
I don't want to hang around this hell
(na na na, na na na, na na na)
If there is a heaven
I could be an angel 'till I fell
They'd run me out of heaven back to hell
And i say
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
I won't cry
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
I won't cry
Carry me away from here
Cut the crying and the see-through tear
Make emotions disappear
My life is changing
I'm rearranging
Everything i feel
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
I won't cry
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
No more tears
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
I won't cry
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
I won't cry
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
(Sha na na na Sha na na na)
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Like a Refugee (I Won’t Cry) was written by Hugh Nicholson.
Like a Refugee (I Won’t Cry) was produced by David Nicholson & Hugh Nicholson.