Free Ali Humayun Song

Ali came from Pakistan
Pakistan Pakistan
He fell in love with another man
Down in Western Sydney

They locked him up behind the fence
Heave it away, haul it away
Who would come to his defence?
Down in Western Sydney

Villawood Detention Centre
Heave it away, haul it away
Can be a difficult place to enter
Down in Western Sydney

You need 100 points of ID
Points of ID, Points of ID
To visit this facility
Down in Western Sydney

What a mighty big disgrace
Big disgrace, big disgrace
To lock him up in this cruel place
Down in Western Sydney

"I don't like this" said Ali
Said Ali, said Ali
"I really am a refugee"
Down in Western Sydney

"I'm frightened of my family
Family, family
My father said he'd kill me
If I can't stay in Sydney"

I thought that this was pretty grim
Pretty grim, pretty grim
This is what they said to him
Down in Western Sydney

"Prove your sexuality
Prove it to me, Prove it to me,
Prove it to the RRT"
Down in Western Sydney

We don't think you're really queer
Not really queer, not really queer
It's just because you're locked up in here
Down in Western Sydney

We would not accept defeat
No defeat, no defeat
We protested on Oxford Street
Down in central Sydney

We thought we'd be politically deft
Politically deft, politically deft
So we put him in Green Left
Down in Western Sydney

Open the borders, close the camps
Close the camps, close the camps
No-one is illegal thanks
Down in Western Sydney

Protest action gets the goods
Gets the goods, gets the goods
'Cos we always thought it could
Down in Western Sydney

Ali is a Free Man
Free Man, Free Man