Manzanar-Tom Russell

[ti:Manzanar] [ar:Tom Russell] [al:Veteran's Day: The Tom Russell Anthology] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.41]Manzanar - Tom Russell (汤姆罗素) [00:01.37]Written by：Russell [00:01.95] [00:05.85]He said my name is Nakashima [00:09.95] [00:12.03]And I'm a proud American [00:15.95] [00:18.47]I came here in '27 [00:22.51] [00:25.11]From my homeland of Japan [00:29.15] [00:31.22]And I picked your grapes and oranges [00:35.55] [00:37.40]Made some money bought a store [00:41.56] [00:43.86]Until 1942 [00:47.75] [00:50.67]Pearl harbor and the war [00:54.33] [00:56.70]Came those relocation orders [01:00.95] [01:02.73]They took our house the store the car [01:06.97] [01:09.32]And they drove us through the desert [01:13.76] [01:15.89]To a place called Manzanar [01:19.72] [01:21.82]The spanish word for apple orchard [01:26.19] [01:28.18]And though we saw no apple trees [01:32.76] [01:34.53]Just the rows of prison barracks [01:39.11] [01:41.10]With barbed wire boundaries [01:45.47] [01:47.36]And we dream of apple blossoms [01:51.70] [01:53.68]Waving free beneath the stars [01:58.00] [02:00.04]Till we wake up in the desert [02:04.18] [02:06.25]The prisoners of Manzanar [02:10.37] [02:12.55]Manzanar [02:13.57] [02:47.73]Fifty years have all but vanished [02:51.96] [02:54.00]And now I'm an old man [02:57.90] [03:00.20]But I don't regret the day [03:04.36] [03:06.99]That I came here from Japan [03:10.81] [03:13.05]But on moonliss winter nights [03:16.88] [03:19.19]I often wish upon a star [03:23.45] [03:25.57]That I'd forget the shame and sorrow [03:30.17] [03:32.28]That I felt at Manzanar [03:36.31] [03:38.43]And we dream of apple blossoms [03:42.69] [03:44.70]Waving free beneath the stars [03:48.88] [03:51.08]Till we wake up in the desert [03:55.16] [03:57.24]The prisoners of Manzanar [04:01.70] [04:03.80]And we dream of apple blossoms [04:07.94] [04:10.01]Waving free beneath the stars [04:14.30] [04:16.35]Till we wake up in the desert [04:20.63] [04:22.60]The prisoners of Manzanar [04:26.79] [04:29.05]Manzanar