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Villa Palagonia - BREATHE FREE

from STOMPING ON EGGSHELLS by Chicks With Dip

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Does the promise of America still exist? In "Breathe Free," Villa Palagonia (featuring Chick Allison Scola) echoes Emma Lazarus’ 1833 poem, "The New Colossus," a sonnet written to support fundraising efforts for the Statue of Liberty and the open gateway it represented to generations of immigrants. The words Lazarus wrote have adorned the pedestal of the renowned statue since 1903 and are still synonymous with the promise of America today. One in ten Americans can trace their ancestors' entrance into the United States through Ellis Island, but can "our promise still be yours?"

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BREATHE FREE
Come here! Come here!
Come here you tired and hungry
Come here you huddled masses

Breathe free! Breathe free!
Breathe free ambitious young men
Breathe free courageous women
Breathe free! Breathe free!

Don’t need to know your reasons
Don’t care ’bout your family’s name
Leave those ancient canons
Escape the barons’ game

Come here! Come here!
Come here you tired and hungry
Come here you huddled masses

Breathe free! Breathe free!
Breathe free ambitious young men
Breathe free courageous women
Breathe free! Breathe free!

Take refuge in our sunrise
Find solace on our shores
Bring your will and power
Our promise will be yours

Come here! Come here!
Come here you tired and hungry
Come here you huddled masses

Breathe free! Breathe free!
Breathe free ambitious young men
Breathe free courageous women

Come here! Come here!
Come here you tired and hungry
Come here you huddled masses

Breathe free! Breathe free!
Breathe free ambitious young men
Breathe free courageous women
Breathe free! Breathe free!

Take refuge in our sunrise
Find solace on our shores
Bring your will and power
Our promise will be yours

credits

from STOMPING ON EGGSHELLS, released October 15, 2020
Allison Scola: vocals, tamburello
Joe Ravo: guitars
Greg Maker: electric bass
Dave Mancuso: drums and percussion

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CHICKS WITH DIP New York, New York

Chicks With Dip is an informal collective of female singer/songwriters who enjoy mutual respect, enjoy each other's company, and the pleasure of good conversation, good songs, and good dip. The Chicks have been meeting for over a decade.

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