Key: F
Introduction:
Bb Gm
Her ancient Egyptian eyes look out on to the barrio
D# F Bb
Oo-oo, sha-la-la-la
Gm
You stack the magazines when you greet the others
D# F Bb
Oo-oo, immigrant girl
Gm D# Bb
Your grandmother gave you her Egyptian ring
Gm D# F
Just to wear when you find a husband
And you see everything around this all American
Gm D# Bb
In my heart, I see a memory
Gm D# F
Maybe it was sometime in some other life
Gm D# Bb
And I see that you are longing to be free
C
You knew to be everybody else’s (?)
F
You need to have everything you want in this American life
Oooooo-ooooo
Gm D# Bb
Life is long in America
C F
We don't live in a magazine stand
You see the sun go down on this dark old L.A. town