Richard Shindell - Deportee

^DThe crops are all in and the ^Gpeaches are ^Drotting The oranges are packed in their ^Gcreosote ^Ddumps They're ^Gflying 'em back to that ^DMexico ^Bmborder To ^Dtake all their money to ^Gwade back a ^Dgain

My ^Dfather's own father, he ^Gwaded that ^Driver They took all the money he ^Gmade in his ^Dlife My ^Gbrothers and sisters come ^Dworking the ^Bmfruit trees They ^Drode the big trucks till they ^Glay down and ^Ddied

Good ^Gbye to my Juan, good ^Dbye Rosalita Adi ^Aos mis amigos, Je ^Dsus y Maria You ^Gwon't have a name when you ^Dride the big ^Bmairplane And ^Dall they will call you will ^Gbe depor ^Dtee

^DSome of us are illegal, and ^Gall are not ^Dwanted Our work contract's out and we've ^Ggot to move ^Don ^GSix hundred miles to that ^DMexican ^Bmborder They ^Dchase us like outlaws, like ^Grustlers, like ^Dthieves We ^Ddied in your hills, we ^Gdied in your ^Ddeserts We died in your armies, we ^Gdied on your ^Dplains We ^Gdied 'neath your trees and we ^Ddied 'neath those ^Bmbushes Both ^Dsides of that river, we ^Gdied just the ^Dsame

The ^Dsky plane caught fire over ^GLos Gatos ^DCanyon Like a fireball of lightning, it ^Gshook all our ^Dhills Who ^Gare all these friends, ^Ddying like ^Bmdry leaves? The ^Dradio says they are ^Gjust depor ^Dtees

Is ^Dthis the best way we can ^Ggrow our big ^Dorchards? Is this the best way we can ^Ggrow our good ^Dfruit? To ^Gfall like dry leaves and ^Drot on my ^Bmtopsoil And ^Dbe known by no name ex ^Gcept depor ^Dtee

The ^Dsky plane caught fire over ^GLos Gatos ^DCanyon Like a fireball of lightning, it ^Gshook all our ^Dhills Who ^Gare all these friends, ^Ddying like ^Bmdry leaves? The ^Dradio says they are ^Gjust depor ^Dtees