《Immigrant Eyes》歌词

[00:00:00] Immigrant Eyes - Guy Clark

[00:00:10] Oh ellis island was swarming

[00:00:15] Like a scene from a costume hall

[00:00:20] Decked out in the colors in europe

[00:00:24] And on fire with the hope of it all

[00:00:29] There stood my father's own father stood huddled

[00:00:35] With the tired and hungry and scared

[00:00:40] Turn of the century pilgrims

[00:00:45] Bound by the dream that they shared

[00:00:53] They were standing in lines just like cattle

[00:00:58] Poked and prodded and shoved

[00:01:03] Some were one desk away from sweet freedom

[00:01:08] Som were were torn from someone they love

[00:01:13] Through this sprawling tower of babel

[00:01:18] Came a young man confused and alone

[00:01:24] Determined and bound for America

[00:01:29] And carryin' everything that he owned

[00:01:37] Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes

[00:01:44] I see that day refelcted and I can't hold my feelings inside

[00:01:52] I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life

[00:02:01] So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes

[00:02:22] I'm at rocks and stares out the window

[00:02:28] But his eyes are still just as clear

[00:02:33] As the day he sailed through the harbor

[00:02:39] And come ashore on the island of tears

[00:02:44] My grandfather's days are numbered

[00:02:50] But I won't let his memory die

[00:02:55] 'Cause he gave me the gift of this country

[00:03:01] And the look in his immigrant eyes

[00:03:06] Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes

[00:03:14] I see that day refelcted and I can't hold my feelings inside

[00:03:22] I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life

[00:03:30] So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes

[00:03:41] So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes