[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