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Illegal Immigrant Song

from Welcome to The by Gates of Joe

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Way, way down south where there was only doom
Down in the desert a boy stepped out the womb
Looked at the stars, a long way away they seemed
Call him Soñar, cause boy he had a dream

Nighttime exodus, little boy and he's a
Bright sunrise but there was no sonrisa

Oh, he had chiclé, no visa, no papers
Went down to the big house for a job as a landscaper
Soñar, clear the windows, the owner could not see
Soñar went outside and chopped that cherry tree

Oh, Soñar chopped that cherry tree
Like George Washington, as American as can be

A good day's wage, what he was dreaming of
The landscapers wouldn't give him no love
Soñar went to the farm to pick up the slack
The hunger of a nation on his aching back

Nighttime exodus, little boy and he's a
Bright sunrise but there was no sonrisa

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from Welcome to The, released July 18, 2014

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