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( Illegals song lyrics )
A REASON WE CALL THEM ILLEGALS
Copyright © 2004 - mickterry.com

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1: Now, Juana & Julio
had heard of a new life
far better up El Norte way.
They packed up their family
one desp'rate August night
to swim to the U.S. of A.

2: Halfway up the riverbank
with bags above their heads,
the searchlights broke open the sky.
Their fam'ly got scattered
as they're hunted by the Feds,
returned to the Mexican side.

CHORUS:
There's a reason we call them "illegals".
There's something that's breaking the law.
There's more than just cultural pride that's at stake.
It's more than just immigrant sprawl.
There's a reason we call them "illegals".
And now they are breaking the bank.
When there's no money left for those rightfully here,
who will we have left to thank?

3: No sooner released &
they were making other plans.
Some gringo was eager to help.
They paid him their fortune
to be packed inside a van
& driven through deserts of hell.

BRIDGE:
Who pays for their health care,
their schooling, their crime?
Who pays for the problems they cause?
Who's speaking our language like none of the time?
Who's living outside of our laws?
CHORUS:

4: Arrived in the promised land,
they're forced inside some house
with bars inside windows & doors,
held captive for sev'ral weeks,
no way of getting out,
'til relatives pay even more.
CHORUS:

Copyright © 2004  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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( If you were offended by reading this,
then we are sorry that we underestimated your sense of humanity. )

(The issue is not a matter of immigration, but of illegal immigration.)

To other immigration song lyrics:   IN THE RAVINE
MY BUTT HURTS
RUBBER BULLETS
SPEAKEE ZE ANGLEESH?
UNITED STATES OF MEXICO
(YOU'RE AN) ILLEGAL ALIEN
THE DAY WE WERE INVADED
SANTA MIGHT BE A MEXICAN
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