Immigration
©2008 Garrett Clevenger
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Ellis Island, the gateway from the East.
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Millions boarded ships to find their dreams.
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Ab Payin' every penny, escapin' misery
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to move to a slum
in New York City.
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My great, great grandparents made the move,
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Ab Sacrificin' so much, leavin' their homeland,
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hopin' the USA
would enrich their hand.
Chorus:
Bm D Db Ab Immigration's
only natural
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if you're from a land that's terrible.
Bm D Db Ab I'd make my way
to the great ol' USA
D Eb Db Ab if I were livin' in a stricken place.
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Globalization I guess don't mean free trade
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If it did people would not be forbade
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in any country
where jobs may lurk.
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With so many people competing today
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It seems migration is here to stay.
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Ab Your new neighbors may come from Mexico
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but no one's really native, you
should know.
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