Lyrics

Immigrant (Charles Alexander)

They?ve got a name for people like me
Some folks on the street think that they see
Another freeloading soul, here to steal what they own
Denying their history in the mirror at home

Chorus:
I didn?t sail here with all of those Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock
I arrived a few hundred years later trying to find the freedom you?ve got
Life and God put me on this journey, set me on my course
I?m not so different, I?m just an immigrant on these shores

I found a home half way ?round the earth
Like my grandparents did, in the land of my birth
I didn?t know just what to expect
But I followed my heart and I have no regrets
(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge
Who came first, who came late
Do we keep the doors open or just close the gates?
Blow out the torch, bury the dream
And make a liar of the lady in green
(Repeat Chorus)

Yes, I am?
I?m not so different, I?m just an immigrant on these shores
They?ve got a name for people like me?