I am an immigrant from Mexico
Got a wife and kids back in El Charro
I harvest the grapes of the San Joaquin
Sleep on the ground and bathe in the streams
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
Starved in the desert
Crossed the Rio Grande
Just the clothes on my back
And a wedding band
I was caught in Chula Vista
And beaten like a dog
And I prayed the Lord Jesus
For the strength to go on
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
I have nothing more than a picture of my son
He was taken from me at the border run
When I look to the sky I know we see the same moon
It gives me faith that we’ll be together soon
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
Now I stay up late almost every night
Writing letters back home by the candlelight
Tell Rosie I’m alive and doing OK
Heard they might pass a law
To keep us here some day
I believe in this land of gold and hope
I am an immigrant from Mexico
I believe in this land of gold and hope
I am an immigrant from Mexico
Got a wife and kids back in El Charro
I harvest the grapes of the San Joaquin
Sleep on the ground and bathe in the streams
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
Starved in the desert
Crossed the Rio Grande
Just the clothes on my back
And a wedding band
I was caught in Chula Vista
And beaten like a dog
And I prayed the Lord Jesus
For the strength to go on
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
I have nothing more than a picture of my son
He was taken from me at the border run
When I look to the sky I know we see the same moon
It gives me faith that we’ll be together soon
Now I walk in the shadows wherever I go
I am an immigrant from Mexico
Now I stay up late almost every night
Writing letters back home by the candlelight
Tell Rosie I’m alive and doing OK
Heard they might pass a law
To keep us here some day
I believe in this land of gold and hope
I am an immigrant from Mexico
I believe in this land of gold and hope
I am an immigrant from Mexico
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