(G)I
pity the poor (C)immigrant
Who (D)wishes
he would've stayed (G)home,
Who uses all his power to (C)do
evil
But in the (D)end
is always left so a(G)lone.
That (Emin)man
whom with his (Bmin)fingers
cheats
And who (C)lies
with ev'ry (G)breath,
Who passionately (C)hates
his life
And (D)likewise,
fears his (G)death.
I pity the poor
immigrant
Whose strength is spent in vain,
Whose heaven is like Ironsides,
Whose tears are like rain,
Who eats but is not satisfied,
Who hears but does not see,
Who falls in love with wealth itself
And turns his back on me.
I pity the poor
immigrant
Who tramples through the mud,
Who fills his mouth with laughing
And who builds his town with blood,
Whose visions in the final end
Must shatter like the glass.
I pity the poor immigrant
When his gladness comes to pass.
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