Immigrant

All stains upon my dishes
It's like the veins upon my hands
Are as stubborn as the wishes
One day stand like where you stand
To feel all my roots go downward
Root me firm to the cold dark land
I've been makin' my life simple
I've livin' been hard and bright
But it doesn't stop the danger
Plugs the holes in the dark at night
And it's sense of such a torment
Till I'm 30 miles in flight
So I will always be an immigrant
Fear I'm fallin' on the sea
Always findin' how just what you meant
When you said nothing can find us comin' free
So I got a second story
On a sunny piece of land
And I set it up like your house
Holding tight to what I can
But it seems the wood then varies
One as stable as a plant
So I will always be an immigrant
Fear I'm runnin' fading fast
And I'm findin' how just what you meant
When you said nothing you can find is gonna last
Tell a mission and I'll tell you
What a little local color brings
Tell him fear and all the local
On the mountain where I sing
He comes flyin' off a coastline
Makes a cold dark caverns bring
I will always be an immigrant
And my favors on the wind
And I'm findin' now just what you meant
And I'm looking back on where I've been