(The) Migrant Worker Lyrics

Song	(The) Migrant Worker
Artist	Jim Croce
Album	The Definitive Collection - Time In A Bottle
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[00:10.37]	Pickin’ wasn’t easy
[00:12.42]	Kept you brown and thin
[00:14.70]	Been a child for every season
[00:16.50]	that the fruit was on the limb
[00:20.00]	Pack the truck Maria,
[00:22.54]	tell the kids we’re off again
[00:25.77]	Cross a dozen states or more,
[00:27.81]	we’ll teach em’ what we can.
[00:30.87]	Teach ‘em what we can,
[00:33.19]	we can’t do more
[00:36.45]	The land is good but still the livin’s poor
[00:40.92]	Harvest in September, drought in mid-July
[00:45.77]	January’s peekin’
[00:47.53]	through a white lace gypsy sky
[00:51.50]	March rolls in to April,
[00:53.75]	then plant and pray for rain
[00:56.36]	Sweat like hell in August,
[00:58.31]	run the circle once again
[01:01.74]	Run the circle once again and then once more
[01:07.01]	The land is good but still the livin’s poor
[01:12.39]
[01:17.99]	Oregon in August, Michigan in May
[01:22.59]	Tryin’ to make enough
[01:24.16]	to keep my family on its way
[01:27.92]	And you buy the pickin’ boss a drink,
[01:30.68]	to keep workin’ every day
[01:33.77]	You know it isn’t honest,
[01:35.43]	but you do it anyway
[01:39.04]	Do it any way to keep alive
[01:44.00]	Do it anyway to keep alive
[01:49.45]

[00:10.37]	Pickin' wasn' t easy
[00:12.42]	Kept you brown and thin
[00:14.70]	Been a child for every season
[00:16.50]	that the fruit was on the limb
[00:20.00]	Pack the truck Maria,
[00:22.54]	tell the kids we' re off again
[00:25.77]	Cross a dozen states or more,
[00:27.81]	we' ll teach em' what we can.
[00:30.87]	Teach ' em what we can,
[00:33.19]	we can' t do more
[00:36.45]	The land is good but still the livin' s poor
[00:40.92]	Harvest in September, drought in midJuly
[00:45.77]	January' s peekin'
[00:47.53]	through a white lace gypsy sky
[00:51.50]	March rolls in to April,
[00:53.75]	then plant and pray for rain
[00:56.36]	Sweat like hell in August,
[00:58.31]	run the circle once again
[01:01.74]	Run the circle once again and then once more
[01:07.01]	The land is good but still the livin' s poor
[01:12.39]
[01:17.99]	Oregon in August, Michigan in May
[01:22.59]	Tryin' to make enough
[01:24.16]	to keep my family on its way
[01:27.92]	And you buy the pickin' boss a drink,
[01:30.68]	to keep workin' every day
[01:33.77]	You know it isn' t honest,
[01:35.43]	but you do it anyway
[01:39.04]	Do it any way to keep alive
[01:44.00]	Do it anyway to keep alive
[01:49.45]

[00:10.37]	Pickin' wasn' t easy
[00:12.42]	Kept you brown and thin
[00:14.70]	Been a child for every season
[00:16.50]	that the fruit was on the limb
[00:20.00]	Pack the truck Maria,
[00:22.54]	tell the kids we' re off again
[00:25.77]	Cross a dozen states or more,
[00:27.81]	we' ll teach em' what we can.
[00:30.87]	Teach ' em what we can,
[00:33.19]	we can' t do more
[00:36.45]	The land is good but still the livin' s poor
[00:40.92]	Harvest in September, drought in midJuly
[00:45.77]	January' s peekin'
[00:47.53]	through a white lace gypsy sky
[00:51.50]	March rolls in to April,
[00:53.75]	then plant and pray for rain
[00:56.36]	Sweat like hell in August,
[00:58.31]	run the circle once again
[01:01.74]	Run the circle once again and then once more
[01:07.01]	The land is good but still the livin' s poor
[01:12.39]
[01:17.99]	Oregon in August, Michigan in May
[01:22.59]	Tryin' to make enough
[01:24.16]	to keep my family on its way
[01:27.92]	And you buy the pickin' boss a drink,
[01:30.68]	to keep workin' every day
[01:33.77]	You know it isn' t honest,
[01:35.43]	but you do it anyway
[01:39.04]	Do it any way to keep alive
[01:44.00]	Do it anyway to keep alive
[01:49.45]

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