The Migrant Worker Lyrics

The song The Migrant Worker is performed by Jim Croce in the album named Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection in the year 1992 .



Pickin' wasn't easy
Kept you brown and thin
Been a child for every season
That the fruit was on the limb

Pack the truck Maria
Tell the kids, we're off again
Cross a dozen states or more
We'll teach 'em what we can

Teach 'em what we can
We can't do more
The land is good
But still the livin's poor

Harvest in September
Drought in mid July
January's peeking
Through a white lace gypsy sky

March rolls into April
Then plant and pray for rain
Sweat like hell in August
Run the circle once again

Run the circle once again
And then once more
The land is good
But still the livin's poor

Oregon in August
Michigan in May
Tryin' to make enough
To keep my family on its way

And buy the pickin' boss a drink
To keep working every day
You know it isn't honest
But you do it anyway

Do it anyway
To keep alive
Do it anyway to keep alive



Jim Croce - Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection

Sep 1992

  1. Spin, Spin, Spin
  2. Vespers
  3. Big Wheel
  4. Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild, Wild Women
  5. (And) I Remember Her
  6. Cotton Mouth River
  7. More Than That Tomorrow
  8. The Migrant Worker
  9. Child Of Midnight
  10. Stone Walls
  11. King's Song
  12. Mississippi Lady
  13. Which Way Are You Goin'
  14. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
  15. You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  16. Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day
  17. New York's Not My Home
  18. Hard Time Losin' Man
  19. Photographs And Memories
  20. Walkin' Back To Georgia
  21. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
  22. Time In A Bottle
  23. Box #10
  24. A Long Time Ago
  25. Hey Tomorrow
  26. Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love/Searchin'
  27. Old Man River
  28. Careful Man
  29. These Dreams
  30. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
  31. Dreamin' Again
  32. Alabama Rain
  33. A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
  34. Next Time, This Time
  35. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  36. One Less Set Of Footsteps
  37. Roller Derby Queen
  38. Speedball Tucker
  39. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
  40. I Got A Name
  41. Recently
  42. Five Short Minutes
  43. Thursday
  44. The Hard Way Every Time
  45. Age
  46. Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
  47. Lover's Cross
  48. Salon And Saloon
  49. Top Hat Bar And Grille

The Migrant Worker