Song with a very strong Americana sound to it.

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A very topical song with all the current discussions on the subject. Written very much from the immigrant's point of view.

I Am The True Immigrant
Lyrics Jon Harflett and Music by John Perkins

I am the true immigrant
I walk the midnight rain
I come from where freedom is shattered
And people are broken and chained
I come from the night and the fog
Where people are lost without names
I am the true immigrant

I am the true immigrant
I walk the back roads an' rail tracks
With smoke from burning books in my eyes
An' scars of hate on my back
I am the true immigrant
Child of dust bowls
And deserted towns
Where the green fields blew away
And the grey dust hunkers down
I am the true immigrant