Immigrant Eyes
作词 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
作曲 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
Like a scene from a costume ball
Decked out in the colors of Europe
And on fire with the hope of it all
There my father's own father stood huddled
With the tired and hungry and scared
Turn of the century pilgrims
Bound by the dream that they shared
They were standing in line just like cattle
Poked and sorted and shoved
Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
Some were torn from someone they love
Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
Came a young man, confused and alone
Determined and bound for America
And carrying all that he owned
Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
I saw that day reflected and I couldn't hold my feelings inside
I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
"So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
He would rock and stare out the window
But his eyes are still just as clear
As the day he sailed through the Harbor
And come ashore on that island of tears
My grandfather's days were numbered
But I won't let his memory die
'Cause he gave me the gift of this country
And the look in his immigrant eyes
Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
I saw that day reflected and couldn't hold my feelings inside
I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
"So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
"Don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
Immigrant EyesLRC歌词
[00:00.000] 作词 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
[00:12.000]Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
[00:17.000]Like a scene from a costume ball
[00:23.000]Decked out in the colors of Europe
[00:27.000]And on fire with the hope of it all
[00:33.000]There my father's own father stood huddled
[00:38.000]With the tired and hungry and scared
[00:44.000]Turn of the century pilgrims
[00:49.000]Bound by the dream that they shared
[00:56.000]They were standing in line just like cattle
[01:02.000]Poked and sorted and shoved
[01:07.000]Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
[01:12.000]Some were torn from someone they love
[01:17.000]Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
[01:22.000]Came a young man, confused and alone
[01:28.000]Determined and bound for America
[01:33.000]And carrying all that he owned
[01:41.000]Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
[01:48.000]I saw that day reflected and I couldn't hold my feelings inside
[01:56.000]I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[02:04.000]"So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
[02:56.000]He would rock and stare out the window
[03:01.000]But his eyes are still just as clear
[03:07.000]As the day he sailed through the Harbor
[03:11.000]And come ashore on that island of tears
[03:17.000]My grandfather's days were numbered
[03:22.000]But I won't let his memory die
[03:27.000]'Cause he gave me the gift of this country
[03:32.000]And the look in his immigrant eyes
[03:38.000]Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
[03:45.000]I saw that day reflected and couldn't hold my feelings inside
[03:53.000]I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[04:01.000]"So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
[04:12.000]"Don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
