American Dream

[Verse] Down from the border, where the sun burns like fire, He crossed the Rio Grande, with hopes rising higher. Left all his family in a village so small, To chase the American Dream, answering its call. [Verse 2] Hands calloused and tired from labor each day, Picking the fields, earning honest man's pay. Sending every penny back to his kin, For the chance of a future, with hope deep within. [Chorus] But they scorn him and mark him, say he don’t belong, Yet he holds his head high and he sings a brave song. With pride in his heart and a love for this land, He stands tall, a hard-working Mexican man. [Verse 3] In the small town’s shadows, he faces the scorn, But the dreams in his heart, they’ll never be torn. He feeds the neighbors when times get too lean, For he knows the struggle, the battles unseen. [Verse 4] In letters he writes to his sweetheart back home, Promises of love as he toils alone. He dreams of the day they’ll reunite with glee, Under these wide skies, where they both can be free. [Chorus] But they scorn him and mark him, say he don’t belong, Yet he holds his head high and he sings a brave song. With pride in his heart and a love for this land, He stands tall, a hard-working Mexican man.