Once you've been used
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
You say goodbye to your children
family and friends
And travel across the water
to find that rainbow's end
But what do you find an unemployment line
What do you find, a migrant workers line
What do you find, they don't want your kind
Once you've been used
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
In a sweat shop
when there's work to be found
Slinging food down in China town
Picking fruit from sun up to sun down
and when you're done
They don't want you around
Once you've been used
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
They call you an alien
but this oppression is no stranger
Cause if you're poor
You realize you're in danger
Your family is starving across the sea
Your people here live in poverty
Once you've been used misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal and
deport you
Now there's just one thing for us to do
If we really want to change our lives
We've got to unify, hey unify
We've got to unify, hey unify
We've got to unify, hey unify
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
You say goodbye to your children
family and friends
And travel across the water
to find that rainbow's end
But what do you find an unemployment line
What do you find, a migrant workers line
What do you find, they don't want your kind
Once you've been used
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
In a sweat shop
when there's work to be found
Slinging food down in China town
Picking fruit from sun up to sun down
and when you're done
They don't want you around
Once you've been used
misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal
and deport you
They call you an alien
but this oppression is no stranger
Cause if you're poor
You realize you're in danger
Your family is starving across the sea
Your people here live in poverty
Once you've been used misused and abused
They stamp your future illegal and
deport you
Now there's just one thing for us to do
If we really want to change our lives
We've got to unify, hey unify
We've got to unify, hey unify
We've got to unify, hey unify
Contributed by Alessandro - 2010/1/29 - 09:28
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Album “For Your Immediate Attention!”, Folkways Records