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Riding The Stream (live @ DMP)

from Bruce Piephoff Live at the dotmatrix project by Bruce Piephoff

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I wrote Riding The Stream while living in a trailer in Greenville, NC near a group of migrant workers working in tobacco. Wrote this one for them.

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We pick the oranges in early Florida spring
In April head north riding the east coast stream
Up to North Carolina, down east on the plains
Cropping tobacco and singing of the pain

The pain of the lonely so far from Mexico
Lonely cause no one speaks the language we know
We work for the coastal farmer and he hides us away
Cause with illegal status they won't let you stay

(Chorus)
Sing me a lullabye sweet on the strings
Sitting on the front porch in the tenant house swing
Play me a melody, a soft spanish breeze
While I ride on the rows on the east coast stream

Well my brother plays accordion, I play guitar and sing
About the dreams migrants dream on the east coast stream
Riding the stream all the way up to Maine
To pick apples before winter and then head south again

We dream of a better life for our kids
We dream of the fields and all the work we did
Dream of success, the American dream
But meanwhile we're treading water on the east coast stream

Chorus

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from Bruce Piephoff Live at the dotmatrix project, released August 26, 2009
Written by Bruce Piephoff

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