Immigration blues [Russian translation]

I came here to work

And take up the rope

Give contributions

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

• Artist:Chris Rea
• Album:Blue guitars, 2005, Latin Blues