Immigrant Eyes-Willie Nelson

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:12.33]Oh Ellis Island was swarming [00:16.68]Like a scene from a costume ball [00:22.74]Decked out in the colors of Europe [00:26.94]And on fire with the hope of it all [00:32.82]There my father's own father stood huddled [00:37.68]With the tired and hungry and scared [00:43.89]Turn of the century pilgrims [00:48.45]Bound by the dream that they shared [00:56.01]They were standing in line just like cattle [01:01.89]Poked and sorted and shoved [01:06.60]Some were one desk away from sweet freedom [01:12.33]Some were torn from someone they love [01:17.13]Through this sprawling Tower of Babel [01:21.90]Came a young man confused and alone [01:27.72]Determined and bound for America [01:32.61]And carrying all that he owned [01:40.56]Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes [01:48.33]I saw that day reflected and I couldn't hold my feelings inside [01:55.83]I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life [02:03.99]So don't take it for granted said grandfather's immigrant eyes [02:56.52]He would rock and stare out the window [03:01.47]But his eyes are still just as clear [03:07.08]As the day he sailed through the Harbor [03:11.34]And come ashore on that island of tears [03:17.49]My grandfather's days were numbered [03:22.14]But I won't let his memory die [03:27.24]'Cause he gave me the gift of this country [03:32.58]And the look in his immigrant eyes [03:37.89]Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes [03:45.57]I saw that day reflected and couldn't hold my feelings inside [03:52.95]I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life [04:01.41]So don't take it for granted said grandfather's immigrant eyes [04:11.79]Don't take it for granted said grandfather's immigrant eyes