The Corner
Album: Wrowdy
By: Neil Smith
By: Neil Smith
Duration
4:05
Genres
Description
Song from the perspective of a migrant worker and the challenges he faces when coming to America under the radar to provide for his family.
Lyrics
The Corner <INTRO> F Dm C Bb Am Gm Bb a c F <VS> F C I couldn't find a job down in oaxaca mexico C7 Bb F And my mamacita held my babies, begged me not to go F Bb Gm But life dealt me a losin hand and an open stretch of road C C7 Bb So I paid the coyote what he asked and carried cross his load <PRE CH> Gm Am And I don't want to live here in a land that's not my home F Dm But I've got to feed my children, and I'm sorry if that's wrong Am Bb And you know that you'd do the same no matter what's the law Gm Bb If you had to choose between survival and a wall <CH> F Bb And I look for work out on the corner every day C F Sometimes 15 hours at a time Dm Am Gm I see you looking at me wishing that id go away Gm Am Bb and I cant blame you for trying to keep what's yours Bb C Gm g a bb c d e F Please don't blame me For surviving on what's not mine <Guit solo> F Dm C Bb Am Gm Bb ------ C Bb Am Gm F Dm C----------- <Br> Gm C And I've always got one eye over my shoulder F Dm Am Wonderin if today's the day they'll send me right back home Bb C F Dm And for a moment I'll see my sweet chica and hold her Gm Am Bb And kiss my babies fore I sneak right back across the border Bb C I'm sorry if that bothers you Bb C ----- C7 But what else can I do? <CH> F Bb And I look for work out on the corner every day C F Sometimes 15 hours at a time Dm Am Gm I hear you screaming at your government to make me go away Gm Am Bb and I surely cannot blame you for trying to keep what's yours Bb C Gm g a bb c d e F Please don't blame me For surviving on what's not mine Bb C Gm g a bb c d e F Dm C Bb Please don't blame me For surviving on what's not mine F Dm Bb ---- <OUTRO> F Dm C Bb Am Gm Bb a c Dm--- C--- C7--- Fsus-----
