The first day I stand foot
In this fair country
Boarder man took my paper

Told me I would be free
Boarder man took my paper
Told me I was now free


Walking out into the open air
Well what did I see

Birds flying on a westwind
Sure an omen for me


Opened up my mama's suitcase
Saw the holes in my shoes
Kicked off my old home soil

Knowing I couldn't lose
I kicked off that dried up soil
Knowing I couldn't lose


With my hands down on three jobs
From the morning through the night

Weary eyes don't see the difference
'Tween the dark and the light
Weary eyes don't see the difference

'Tween the dark and the light

10 years later Papa wrote me

Saying Mama had died
Wish that I could see her face now
And the hope in her eyes

Wish that I could see her face now
And the hope in her eyes


I'm just old now, all alone
In a land of fertile life
I see my unborn born babies

Tired birds in the sky
I see my unborn born babies
Tired birds in the sky


Before I die grant me one thing
Grant one thing to me

Don't let me dream of nectar
Make me fruit on the tree