Manzanar+The+Song

I found this song while searching for Manzanar Information. I thought it was appropriate. It is sung by the Tom Russell Band. The lyrics are listed below. media type="youtube" key="1gQP1Mps_H0&rel=1" height="355" width="425" He said, My name is Nakashimau I am a proud American. I came here in '27, From my homeland of Japan. And I picked your grapes and oranges, Saved some money, bought a store. Until 1942, Pearl Harbor, and the War.Came the relocation orders, They took our house, the store, the car, And they drove us through the desert, To a place called Manzanar. A Spanish word for apple orchards, Though we saw no apple trees. Just the rows of prison barracks, With the barbed wire boundaries. Chorus: And we dream of apple blossoms Waving free beneath the stars, Till we wake up in the desert, The prisoners of Manzanar, Manzanar.Fifty years have all but vanished, And now I am an old man. But I don't regret the day That I came here from Japan. But on moonless winter nights, I often wish upon a star, That I'd forget the shame and sorrow, That I felt at Manzanar. Chorus Video: [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gQP1Mps_H0] Lyrics: http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/manzanar.htm

Kirsten