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Guadalupe

from Cold Town by Brian Straub

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I saw a news story about this woman after the recent presidential election and wrote this song for FAWM (February Album Writing Month).

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Guadalupe © Brian Straub 2/9/17 FAWM #12

Her name is Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos
And we’re sending her back to Mexico
Ella es la madre de dos niños
Do we really think she needs to go?


Her parents brought her here when she was just fourteen
Give me your tired, your poor
And your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
Do we really mean that anymore?

Chorus
We’re sending her back to Mexico
For a mistake she made eight years ago
Now Lady Liberty cries in disgrace
And tears roll down her children’s’ faces

We say she lied on an application: a felony, a permanent stain
But is it really such a flaw?
She did everything we asked, to try and redeem her name
And now we’ll punish her with the letter of the law

‘Cause there’s a new El Presidente executing orders across the land
We’re tearing families apart
Is Guadalupe a threat to Americans?
Is that what’s really in our hearts?

On Wednesday Guadalupe went to mass to pray
On her way to honor her parole
She knew there could be trouble, but she went anyway
Thursday we put a black mark on our soul

Chorus

Her name is Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos
Do we really think she needs to go?

credits

from Cold Town, released December 2, 2017
Brian Straub - writer, vocals, acoustic guitar
Kevin Keelty - bass
Bob Limbocker - acoustic (nylon string) guitar fills
Kory Tideman - accordion
Mikkel Lee Meyer - backing vocals

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From Baltimore to Seattle, I've been writing songs for over 30 years and have built up a body of work. My two previous bands, Armadillo Borealis and Secondhand Sunday, performed and recorded some of my songs that are represented here. This year (2016), I started Dog House Prayers and began documenting more of my songs through home recording. ... more

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