These are the people of my family
A coat, a bag, a baby, status refugee
My grandpa came from Russia
To the air raid sirens wail
If I was in those shoes
Tell everybody the news
But for accidents of disorder
And with the winter coming
I gotta get a message through
From the dark side of London
Stowed away hidden in some bales
Then Saint George used his sword on the immigrant poor
He took my grandma dancing
Now there's a rocker in Vladivostok
Tell everybody the news
And with the winter coming
Don't anybody know that this city was made
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too
Through the smoke of war and rain
I want everyone to hear
You got a blood cross standing here
'Cause he can't kill no dragon
I want everybody to know this
'Cause he can't kill no dragon
Got every side by Jerry Lee
I gotta get a message through
If I was in those shoes
I gotta get a message through
Immigration built the nation
Papers out of order on a military train
Crossing all the borders
A black shirt with playboy blues
If I was in those shoes
Tell everybody the news
If I was in those shoes
I'd say Soweto's gonna happen here too
A black shirt with playboy blues
Of immigrant blood and money
That guy could well be me
Of immigrant blood and money
Tell everybody the news
That's way beyond the pale
I gotta get a message through
Now Saint George used his sword on the immigrant poor
Don't anybody know that the city was made
And with the winter coming
