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
- Spin, Spin, Spin
- Vespers
- Big Wheel
- Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild, Wild Women
- (And) I Remember Her
- Cotton Mouth River
- More Than That Tomorrow
- The Migrant Worker
- Child Of Midnight
- Stone Walls
- King's Song
- Mississippi Lady
- Which Way Are You Goin'
- Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim
- Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day
- New York's Not My Home
- Hard Time Losin' Man
- Photographs And Memories
- Walkin' Back To Georgia
- Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
- Time In A Bottle
- Box #10
- A Long Time Ago
- Hey Tomorrow
- Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love/Searchin'
- Old Man River
- Careful Man
- These Dreams
- It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
- Dreamin' Again
- Alabama Rain
- A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
- Next Time, This Time
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
- One Less Set Of Footsteps
- Roller Derby Queen
- Speedball Tucker
- I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
- I Got A Name
- Recently
- Five Short Minutes
- Thursday
- The Hard Way Every Time
- Age
- Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
- Lover's Cross
- Salon And Saloon
- Top Hat Bar And Grille