Ellis Island

歌詞

On the first day of janurary, 1892 They opened Ellis Island, And they let the people through And the first to cross the threshold of the isle of hope and tears, Was Annie Moore from Ireland, Who was only 15 years Chorus Isle of hope, isle of tears, Isle of freedom, isle of fears But its not the isle you've left behind, That isle of hunger, isle of pain, Isle you'll never see again, But the isle of home is always on your miiiiind. In a little bag she carried All her past and history, And her dreams for the future In the land of liberty And courage is the passport, When your old world disappears But theirs no future in the past when your only 15 years Chorus When they closed down Ellis island in 1943 17 million people Had come there for sanctury And in the spring when i came here And i stepped down off its piers I thought of how it must have felt when your only 15 years Chorus