Phoebe Rees - In Afghanistan

by Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou and Si Kahn, © World Music by Daria & Joe Hill Music LLC

IN AFGHANISTAN
--For Afghan folk singer Fawad Andarabi, dragged from his house by the Taliban and murdered on August 30, 2021

Stay in your home, don’t go outside
Take all precautions, take all care
There is no place where you can hide
There is no safety anywhere
Ooo, ooo,
In Afghanistan
And the time goes by
In Afghanistan

Keep watch all day, keep watch all night
In the country, in the town
Their rifles keep you in their sights
They know your name, they hunt you down
Ooo, ooo,
In Afghanistan
And the time goes by
In Afghanistan

Bridge
In Afghanistan truth has no place
With gunmen always on patrol
Joy is afraid to show her face
They kill your song, they steal your soul

Bar the windows, bolt the door
Burn your papers and your rhymes
No one is safe, no one secure
The gunmen wait and take their time
Ooo, ooo,
In Afghanistan
And the time goes by
In Afghanistan

The lights go out, the darkness falls
Upon Afghanistan, upon us all
The whole world weeps, a nation cries
The door gives way, a poet dies
Ooo, ooo,
In Afghanistan
And the time goes by
In Afghanistan

And the lights go out
In Afghanistan