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Ten Thousand Miles Away (2:58): A true story. The United States now has a higher percentage of its people behind bars than any other country in the world. Part of the radical rise in imprisonment is driven by the growth of the private prison industry, which profits from the suffering of others.

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TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY

He is walking down the jetway
With the shackles on his hands
He is leaving from Hawaii
His home and native land
He is going from this island
Where justice runs and hides
Transported to South Georgia
To a prison built by lies

CHORUS
Ten thousand miles away
Ten thousand miles away
I am dreaming of my child
Ten thousand miles away
Ten thousand miles away
Ten thousand miles away
I am dreaming of my child
Ten thousand miles away

For the crime of being hungry
For the crime of being poor
For the crime of wanting something
For the crime of wanting more
For the crime of being angry
For the crime of being seen
For the crime of on the outskirts
For the of in between

CHORUS

I will go down to the water
I will sit down on the sand
I will listen for the distance
I will listen for the land
I will listen for the ocean
I will listen for the wind
I will listen for his voice
That I will never hear again

CHORUS (2x)

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Saro Lynch-Thomason North Carolina

Saro Lynch-Thomason is a ballad singer, song writer, folklorist, documentarian, and illustrator from Asheville, North Carolina. Her passion for traditional music, people’s struggles and Appalachian traditions calls her to perform, teach and produce media that tell the stories and songs of America’s social history. ... more

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