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Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (Woody Guthrie)

from Dandelion O'Clock by Dandelion Root

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Verse 1:
The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
The oranges piled in their creosote dumps
You're flying them back to the Mexican border
To pay all their money, to wade back again
My Father's own father, he waded that river
They took all the money he made in his life
My brothers and sisters come working the fruit trees
And they rode the truck till they took down and died

Chorus:
Goodbye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria
You won't have your names when you ride the big airplane
All they will call you will be deportee

Verse 2:
Some of us are illegal, and some are not wanted
Our work contracts out and we have to move on
Six hundred miles to that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like thieves
We died in your hills, we died in your deserts
We died in your valleys, and died on your plains
We died 'neath your trees, and we died in your bushes
Both sides of the river, we died just the same

Chorus

Verse 3:
The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon
A fireball of lightning, and shook all our hills
Who are all these friends, all scattered like dry leaves?
The radio says they are just deportees
Is this the best way we can grow our big orchards?
Is this the best way we can grow our good fruit?
To fall like dry leaves, to rot on my topsoil
And to be called no name, except deportee.

Chorus

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from Dandelion O'Clock, released March 28, 2016

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Dandelion Root Portland, Oregon

Lance was born in Seattle, Washington in 1970. He started his career in music as a drummer in a grunge band, & from there it was a logical progression to folk music.

Brenda was born in Kennewick, Washington in 1975. She has been singing since she was a little girl. Once in a while she pauses to take a breath.

Brenda & Lance have been making beautiful music together since 1994. ... more

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