Top Songs By The Byrds
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Byrds
Performer
John York
Bass
Gene Parsons
Drums
Clarence White
Guitar
Roger McGuinn
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Martin Hoffman
Composer
Woody Guthrie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Terry Melcher
Producer
Jerry Hochman
Engineer
Lyrics
The crops are all in
And the peaches are rotting
The oranges piled up
In their creosote dumps
You're flying 'em back
To the Mexican border
To spend all their money
To wade back again
{Chorus}:
Good bye to my Juan
Goodbye Rosalita
Adios mis amigos Jesus y Maria
You won't have a name
When you ride the big airplane
All they will call you
Will be "deportees"
Some of us are illegal
And others not wanted
Our work contract's up
And we have to move on
600 miles to that Mexican border
They chase us like outlaws
Like rustlers, like thieves
{Chorus}
The skyplane caught fire
Over Los Gatos Canyon
A fireball of lightning
Shook all our hills
Who are all these friends
Who are scattered like dried leaves
The radio said
They were just "deportees"
{Chorus}
{Repeat}
Writer(s): Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
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