Deportee
Richard Shindell
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D G The crops are all in and theD peaches are rotting The oranges are packed in theirG D creosote dumpsG They're flying 'em back to thatD Bm Mexico borderD G To take all their money to wadeD back a gainD G My father's own father, he wadedD that riverG They took all the money he made inD his lifeG D My brothers and sisters comeBm working the fruit treesD They rode the big trucks till theyG D lay down and died [Chorus]G D Good bye to my Juan, good bye RosalitaA D Adi os mis amigos, Je sus y MariaG D You won't have a name when youBm ride the big airplaneContinues after the adD G And all they will call you will beD depor tee [Verse]D G Some of us are illegal, and allD are not wanted Our work contract's out and we'veG D got to move onG D Six hundred miles to that MexicanBm borderD They chase us like outlaws, likeG D rustlers, like thievesD G We died in your hills, we died inD your desertsG We died in your armies, we died onD your plainsG We died 'neath your trees and weD Bm died 'neath those bushesD G Both sides of that river, we diedD just the same [Chorus]D G The sky plane caught fire over LosD Gatos Canyon Like a fireball of lightning, itG D shook all our hillsG D Who are all these friends, dyingBm like dry leaves?D G The radio says they are just deporD tees [Verse]D G Is this the best way we can growD our big orchards?G Is this the best way we can growD our good fruit?G D To fall like dry leaves and rot onBm my topsoilD G And be known by no name ex ceptD depor tee [Chorus]D G The sky plane caught fire over LosD Gatos Canyon Like a fireball of lightning, itG D shook all our hillsG D Who are all these friends, dyingBm like dry leaves?D G The radio says they are just deporD tees