A song calling for release of asylum seekers imprisoned in US detention centers.

What Kind of Love? Words and Music by Johnny Schaefer

They press on day and night Toward a beacon of light That we've always held high With a child in their arms And the dreams that our forefathers shared Well, requesting asylum Wasn't seen as a crime Until you came

A song calling for release of asylum seekers imprisoned in US detention centers.

What Kind of Love? Words and Music by Johnny Schaefer

They press on day and night Toward a beacon of light That we've always held high With a child in their arms And the dreams that our forefathers shared Well, requesting asylum Wasn't seen as a crime Until you came along tearing sisters and brothers from fathers and mothers is cruel, and it’s wrong

There's no honest expression of love that involves kids in cages Can’t you keep them together in fairness 'Til they've had a chance to be heard?

Chorus What kind of love justifies your disdain? What kind of heart won't empathize with such pain? And what kind of god wants a cage in his name? They come in good faith But you lock them away

Fleeing death and oppression They come, like so many before them But you've slammed doors behind you So nobody else can get in You read scriptures on welcoming strangers And yet you abhor them Well, it seems that for you Love depends on the tone of their skin

Chorus What kind of love justifies your disdain? What kind of heart won't empathize with such pain? And what kind of god wants a wall in his name? We're just told to love Is that asking too much?

We must heal these families That's what love requires. C Copyright 2020 Auditory Verve Music, ASCAP