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Immigrant Eyes
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Emmylou Harris
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Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
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Like a scene from a costume hall
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Decked out in the colors in Europe
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And on fire with the hope of it all
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There stood my father's own father stood huddled
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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 dream that they shared
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They were standing in lines just like cattle
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Poked and prodded and shoved
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Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
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Some were were torn from someone they love
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Through this 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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And carrying everything that he owned
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Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
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I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside
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I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life
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So don't take it for granted say grandfather's immigrant eyes
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Now he rocks and 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 come ashore on the island of tears
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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 immigrant eyes
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