Carrie Newcomer - Love Like An Immigrant lyrics

Grandpa came over on the boat His voice was thick with the old world and smoke And ran in Chicago, 'til he met my grandma The he moved to South Bend with his new 14 year old bride So mamma and Louie and the rest of the family Lived in a duplex next to my great grandma Baldoni And believed in the hopes that can grow in a country Even after my grandma and grandpa went their separate ways He said "Love who you are, love what it's meant Live out your love like a new immigrant" My dad drove a mile truck before he was 14 Came back from Korea in 1953 Met up with my mother, introduced by his sister They put a dime in the juke box, took a turn on the dance floor He said "Love who you are, love what it's meant Live out your love like a new immigrant" So I came along after one and before another Grew up on the Beatles and Jack Kennedy's murder I went looking for something in more than one country Fell in love once or twice, broke my heart, but I'd try it again So this is the new world, not the old world Let me lie close beside you and whisper have you heard The sound of the singing from some bright new country And catch it's been calling us home to it lately So "love who you are, love what it's meant, Live out your love like a new immigrant"