Will Knox - Immigrant Hands

'The Matador & The Acrobat' by Will Knox - now available on iTunes and on CD & 12" Vinyl from www.willknox.com.
Immigrant Hands - Will Knox:
The boats are unsteady, they rattle their sails
The bows scrape the seabed like cracked fingernails
Foreign flags like gulls in the sky
The Manhattan morning is coming to life
Together we stand
On an island of foreign land
Built by Immigrant Hands
Some came by will, others by force
Shackled and shamed under immigrant laws
Some leave by will, others are forced
But Immigrants laid down the streets of New York
Together we stand
On an island of foreign land
Built by Immigrant Hands
The trains are unsteady, they rattle their rails
The sun touches rooftops like fingers on brail
Taxicabs fly like bees in a hive,
The Manhattan morning is coming to life.
Together we stand
On an island of foreign land
Built by Immigrant Hands

[@siarheistaraselets6484]

Awesome lyrics, is almost about me now. Thank you, Will! And God bless you. They wont pay you enough but I am paying you the real Love now.

[@bobsanders2145]

Gives me chills

[@DrewRyderSmith]

It's not about owning "nice things". It's about being able to continue making the music that makes people happy. Taco Bell makes me happy, but I don't expect it for free. If we all stop paying for Taco Bell, they're gonna have a hard time making the food that makes us happy, right?

[@623trav]

Yeah, but the people that make taco bell aren't passionate about it. I'm passionate about music, so I will play whether or not I am paid to do so. Of course, I would love to support myself with my music, but helping make someone's day better is a gift all it's own. Something that money can not buy.

[@NoUserNamesLeft001]

Not only has this song been released for free for ANYONE to listen too, but they even released the raw studio tracks, along with the professional mix files from the DAW (Pro Tools in this case). The tracks were released for a mixing contest being done by Flux and PureMix.com. Clearly the artist and label aren't trying too hard to hide their music for only people with money, they even let people see HOW they made it what it is.

[@1000Kps]

@jaangs how bout not stealing from the real artists who actually kind of need the money

[@623trav]

I'm a real artist who needs money, but I'd rather make someone happy with music than own nice things.

[@shannonsadler8038]

That first note is to die for

[@jaangs]

where can I download this album for free?