Tonalité : G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh well,
a siren was swarming
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Like a scene from a costume ball
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Alive with the colors of Europe
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And on fire with the hope of it all
There my father's own
father stood huddled
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With the tired and the hungry
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and the scared
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Churn of the century pilgrims,
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bound by the dream they shared.
They were standing in line
just like cattle,
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poked and sordid and shod.
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Some were one desk away
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from sweet freedom,
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Some were torn from someone
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they loved.
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Through the sprawling tower of Babel
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Stood a young man con
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fused and alone,
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Determined and bound for America,
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carrying everything that
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he owned.
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Sometimes when I look in my
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grandfather's immigrant eyes,
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I see that day reflected,
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and I can't hold my feelings inside.
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I see starting with nothing
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and working hard all of his life.
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So don't take it for granted,
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say grandfathers,
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emigrant fathers
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Now he rocks and he
stares out the window,
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but his eyes are still just as clear
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as the day he sailed through the harbor
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and came ashore on the Island of Tears.
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Now my grandfather's
days are numbered,
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but I won't let his memory die
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Cause he gave me the gift of this country
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and the look in his im migrant eyes
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Sometimes when I look in my
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grandfather's immigrant eyes
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I see that day reflected
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and I can't hold my feelings inside
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I see starting with nothing
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and working hard
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No, don't take it for granted,
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say Grandfather's Immigrant
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Times.
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