I came here to work And take up the rope Give contributuion In this land of hope I'll bleed for your king I'll die for your queen Give all and some more To your western dream Locked in the ghetto Waiting for news Standing on the corner With those immigration blues My cousin told me Steal your mother's ring of gold Raise every single dollar Oh before we get too old Now I'm standing in an endless line Waiting for some news My dignity cries for mercy With those immigration blues Don't know where my cousin went to Maybe they sent him back alone I miss the ones I left so badly Maybe I should have stayed back home Somebody knows a dealer Now it seems I don't get to choose So I got to try whatever Kick out these immigration blues, yeah Those immigration blues