Immigrant Eyes chords by Ronan tynan
Verse 1
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Old
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Ellis Island is swarming,
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like a scene from a costume ball.
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Em
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Laid down in the corners of Europe,
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Confined with the hope
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of it all.
There my father's own father
stood hot armed,
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With the tired and hungry and scared.
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Turn of the century pilgrims,
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Bound by the dreams that they shared.
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They were standing in line just like cattle.
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Prodded and poked and shoved.
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Some were one desk away
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from sweet freedom.
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Some were torn from
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someone they loved.
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Through the sprawling tower of Babel,
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came a young man confused 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 at
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my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see that day reflected,
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and I can't hold my feelings inside.
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Then he started from nothing
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and worked hard all of his life.
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God take it for granted,
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say Grandfather Zimmerman
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died.
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Now he sits and stares
out the window,
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while his eye s are still just as clear
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as the day he sailed from a harbor,
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him ashore on the island of fear.
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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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For he gave me the gift of this country,
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and the look in his emigrant eyes.
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Sometimes when I look at
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my grandfather's emigrant eyes,
I see my day reflected
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and I can't hold my feelings in side.
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As he started with nothing
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and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted,
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say grandfather's emigrant eyes.
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As he started with nothing
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and worked hard all of his life.
Don't take it for granted.
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say grandfather's emig
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rant eye s.
Thank you.
Immigrant Eyes
Ronan Tynan
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