I've been through twenty years
Layed off how many fears?
The factory's smoking problem's left it's lungs to blow
I heard of Ellis island, all the daughters n' sons
Let the bagpipes run the engines one by one
A dream too big for a starving soul
Melted down in Mexico
I brought my folks along from Haiti to Vietnam
Got a place for my wine, a garden that keeps me calm
And all the balcony talks went passed the workers yards
Who answered all the office telephone calls?
A mall view from a condos 13th floor
Melted down to Mexico
It's blowing back to my face yes I feel the abuse
Baby I've read all the ants in the news
Crying out in a telephone booth
I'm doing swell, on Chabanel
And all this time far from my native sun I've wasted
Come on down
The minutes Tic n' Toc
New landlord on the block
and I can gentrify you with my bad coughs
The calm is odd, calm of a job well done
The yankees come, you better run, run, run
I left my heart die in the northern snow
Melted down in Mexico
It's blowing back to my face yes I feel the abuse
Baby I've read all the ants in the news
Crying out in a telephone booth
I'm doing swell, on Chabanel
And all this time far from my native sun I've wasted
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