Discography
The Dreamer (Featuring Los Cenzontles)
The Dreamer (featuring Los Cenzontles) realeased December 15th, 2017.
The Dreamer was written by Jackson Browne and Eugene Rodriguez of Los Cenzontles, and performed by Jackson, Los Cenzontles and David Hidalgo (Los Lobos). The video was directed by Mark Kohr (Green Day, No Doubt, Primus, Shakira).
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) is a Mexican American roots band, as well as a non-profit cultural arts academy in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
The song, “The Dreamer,”examines the subject of Dreamers, those protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which was created by executive order in 2012 by the President Barack Obama. Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced it will end DACA, which affects as many as 800,000 people living in the United States, and gave Congress the mandate to pass legislation on the issue by March 5, 2018.
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The Dreamer (feat. Los Cenzontles)
As the child, when she crossed the border
To reunite with her father
Who had traveled north to support her
So many years before
She left half her family behind her
And with a crucifix to remind her
She pledged her future to this land
And does the best that she can do
Where do the dreams go?
Born of faith and illusion
Where there is no road or footprints
Only desires that whisper to your heart
Eagles fly on columns of the wind
Fish swim the currents of the sea
People cross oceans and deserts, and rivers
Carrying nothing more than the dream of what life could be
Today she got the order
They're taking steps to deport her
To send her back over the border
And tear her away from the life she has made
We don't see half the people around us
Well we imagine enemies that surround us
And the walls that we've built between us
Keep us prisoners of our fears
Where do the dreams go
Born of faith and illusion
Where there is no road or footprints
Only desires that whisper to your heart
Only desires that whisper to your heart