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Refugee

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Refugee was released on October 19, 1979 by Geffen* as a part of the album Damn the Torpedoes

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mike Campbell

Lead Guitar

Benchmont Tench

Benchmont Tench

Background Vocals

Stan Lynch

Drums

Jim Keltner

Shaker

Ron Blair

Bass

Tom Petty

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Petty

Songwriter

Mike Campbell

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Iovine

Producer

Tom Petty

Producer

Shelly Yakus

Engineer

Tori Swenson

Assistant Recording Engineer

Skip Saylor

Assistant Recording Engineer

Gray Russell

Assistant Recording Engineer

Tom Panunzio

Assistant Recording Engineer

John Mathias

Assistant Recording Engineer

Greg Calbi

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

We got somethin', we both know it, we don't talk too much about it

Ain't no real big secret, all the same, somehow we get around it

[PreChorus]

Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby

You believe what you want to believe, you see

[Chorus]

You don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

[Verse 2]

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some

Tell me why you lay there revelling in your abandon

[PreChorus]

Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby

Everybody's had to fight to be free, you see

[Chorus]

You don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

No, baby, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

No

[Bridge]

Baby, we ain't the first

I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned

Right now this seems real to you

But it's one of those things you gotta feel to be true

[Verse 3]

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some

Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom

[PreChorus]

All right, it don't really matter to me, baby

Everybody's had to fight to be free, you see

[Chorus]

You don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

No, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

No, you don't have to live like a refugee (Don't have to live like a refugee)

Written by: Mike Campbell, Tom Petty

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