Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Like a scene from a costume ball
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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 hungry and scared
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Bound by the dream that they shared
They were standing in line just like cattle
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Poked and sorted and shoved
away from sweet freedom
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Some were torn from someone
Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
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confused and alone
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And carrying all that he owned
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Verse 2
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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But his eyes are still just as clear
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And come ashore on that island
My grandfather's days were numbered
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But I won't let his memory die
the gift of this country
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And the look in his immigrant eyes
Verse 4
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Sometimes when I looked
hold my feelings inside
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Bm
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I saw started with nothing
grandfather's immigrant eyes
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"Don't take it for granted," said grandfather's
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immigrant eyes
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D C#m Bm E
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