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Welcome to the First World

from PROGRESS by Adam Murphy

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Welcome, welcome to the first world
I hope it’s going to last
And it won’t be in the past yet
The first world, welcome to the first world
Come in peace and help to make it grow

Welcome, welcome to the first world
They say it’s going to burst
Being saying that a long long time
The worst would pull the ladder up
Just ‘cos they were lucky to be here by birth

Many times before
They said we couldn’t grow
Couldn’t feed or fit in any more
The good news is they were wrong
Together we got stronger

So you’re welcome, welcome here kind stranger
The danger that you flee
Hope we never see again here
In the first world, welcome to the first world
Come in please and help to make us grow up

In the dark old days of yore
Poor Paddy left his shore
Reaching out in search of something more
Many times he’d find
Doors thick with signs
“No black or Irish dogs need apply”
But minds have grown in time
And we learned to welcome

Welcome to the first world
You who want to live
Be part of take and give here
In the first world, welcome to the first world
Come in please and help to make us grow

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from PROGRESS, released October 12, 2020

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Adam Murphy Ireland

Adam Murphy was born and raised in Cork, Ireland, but is a long-time Galway resident after periods living and working in Europe, USA, and UK.
‘Progress’ is his ninth album of original material. Each collection has a discrete flavour and is a set of thematically linked pieces. His work has been aired regularly on RTE and other radio stations in Ireland and abroad, most recently in the Far East.
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