Manzanar

Intro: verse 1 He said, my name is Nakashima And I'm a proud American I came here in '24 From my homeland in Japan verse 2 And I picked your grapes and oranges Saved some money, bought a store Until Nineteen Forty-Two Pearl Harbour and the war verse 3 Came those relocation orders They took our house, the store, the car Then they drove us to the desert To a place called Manzanar verse 4 The Spanish word for "apple orchard" Though we saw no apple trees Only rows of prison barracks With barbed wire boundaries N.C. And we dream of apple blossoms Waving free beneath the stars Till we wake up in the desert The prisoners of Manzanar Manzanar Verse 5 Fifty years, they've all but vanished And now I am an old man And I don't regret the day That I came here from Japan Verse 6 But on moonlit winter nights I often wish upon a star That I'd forget the shame and sorrow That I felt at Manzanar N.C. And we dream of apple blossoms Waving free beneath the stars Till we wake up in the desert The prisoners of Manzanar Manzanar Outro Manzanar Manzanar