For the immigrants:
Harbors open their doors to the young searching foreigner
Come to live in the light of the big L of liberty
Plains and open skies billboards would advertise
Was it anything like that when you arrived?
Dream boats carried the future to the heart of America
People were waiting in line for a place by the river!
It was time when strangers were welcome here
Music would play they tell me the days were sweet and clear
It was a sweeter tune and there was so much room
That people could come from everywhere.
Now she arrives with hopes and her heart set on miracles
Come to marry her fortune with a handful of promises
To find they’ve closed the door they don’t want her anymore
There isn’t any more to go around…
Turning away, she remembers she once heard a legend
That spoke of a mystical magical land called America…