Dreams of the San Joaquin

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən /; born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. more »

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I'm sending you some money, I wish it could be more
But it's harder than I thought to find the work I came here for
This place is just as pretty as I pictured it to be
But a man in need of work's an all too common sight to see

Each morning as the trucks roll in the lucky few climb on
The rest of us are left to wonder where the dream has gone
Where the dream has gone

They say the Sierras melt with the rain
And race through the valley like blood through the vein
Turning the lowland from golden to green
To harvest forever our dreams of the San Joaquin

Every day I struggle with the distance and the fear
That I will not return or find a way to bring you here
My emptiness grows deeper
My spirit starts to fall
As night comes like a blanket that brings no sleep at all

Only hope that time will find a way to work things out
That we may be together in this life we dream about
This life we dream about

They say the sierras (dicen que la sierra)
Melt with the rain (con la lluvia)
And race through the valley (y corre por el valle)
Like blood through the vein (como la sangre)
Turning the lowland (cambia la sierras)
From golden to green (dorado al verde)
To harvest forever 
Our dreams of the San Joaquin (los sueños de San Joaquín)

We'll harvest forever (to harvest forever)
In dreams of the San Joaquin

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