Immigrant Eyes

Song Immigrant Eyes
Artist Willie Nelson
Album Ride Me Back Home

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Guy Clark/Roger Murrah
[00:12.000] Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
[00:17.000] Like a scene from a costume ball
[00:23.000] Decked out in the colors of Europe
[00:27.000] And on fire with the hope of it all
[00:33.000] There my father's own father stood huddled
[00:38.000] With the tired and hungry and scared
[00:44.000] Turn of the century pilgrims
[00:49.000] Bound by the dream that they shared
[00:56.000] They were standing in line just like cattle
[01:02.000] Poked and sorted and shoved
[01:07.000] Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
[01:12.000] Some were torn from someone they love
[01:17.000] Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
[01:22.000] Came a young man, confused and alone
[01:28.000] Determined and bound for America
[01:33.000] And carrying all that he owned
[01:41.000] Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
[01:48.000] I saw that day reflected and I couldn't hold my feelings inside
[01:56.000] I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[02:04.000] "So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
[02:56.000] He would rock and stare out the window
[03:01.000] But his eyes are still just as clear
[03:07.000] As the day he sailed through the Harbor
[03:11.000] And come ashore on that island of tears
[03:17.000] My grandfather's days were numbered
[03:22.000] But I won't let his memory die
[03:27.000] 'Cause he gave me the gift of this country
[03:32.000] And the look in his immigrant eyes
[03:38.000] Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather's immigrant eyes
[03:45.000] I saw that day reflected and couldn't hold my feelings inside
[03:53.000] I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[04:01.000] "So don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes
[04:12.000] "Don't take it for granted," said grandfather's immigrant eyes

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Guy Clark Roger Murrah
[00:01.000] zuò qǔ : Guy Clark Roger Murrah
[00:12.000] Oh, Ellis Island was swarming
[00:17.000] Like a scene from a costume ball
[00:23.000] Decked out in the colors of Europe
[00:27.000] And on fire with the hope of it all
[00:33.000] There my father' s own father stood huddled
[00:38.000] With the tired and hungry and scared
[00:44.000] Turn of the century pilgrims
[00:49.000] Bound by the dream that they shared
[00:56.000] They were standing in line just like cattle
[01:02.000] Poked and sorted and shoved
[01:07.000] Some were one desk away from sweet freedom
[01:12.000] Some were torn from someone they love
[01:17.000] Through this sprawling Tower of Babel
[01:22.000] Came a young man, confused and alone
[01:28.000] Determined and bound for America
[01:33.000] And carrying all that he owned
[01:41.000] Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather' s immigrant eyes
[01:48.000] I saw that day reflected and I couldn' t hold my feelings inside
[01:56.000] I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[02:04.000] " So don' t take it for granted," said grandfather' s immigrant eyes
[02:56.000] He would rock and stare out the window
[03:01.000] But his eyes are still just as clear
[03:07.000] As the day he sailed through the Harbor
[03:11.000] And come ashore on that island of tears
[03:17.000] My grandfather' s days were numbered
[03:22.000] But I won' t let his memory die
[03:27.000] ' Cause he gave me the gift of this country
[03:32.000] And the look in his immigrant eyes
[03:38.000] Sometimes when I looked in my grandfather' s immigrant eyes
[03:45.000] I saw that day reflected and couldn' t hold my feelings inside
[03:53.000] I saw started with nothing and working hard all of his life
[04:01.000] " So don' t take it for granted," said grandfather' s immigrant eyes
[04:12.000] " Don' t take it for granted," said grandfather' s immigrant eyes