C Alberto hits his brother on the back of the G head
looks to the north as he starts t C o get up
his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not ligh G t yet,"
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wa C it?"
darkness on the F road and over the C land
into the la G ws and out of the ha C nds
from those with so F much
and no show of C heart
you'd think it'd be G crazy
to ask for a sm C all part G C G C
spotted an eagle in the middle of a G lake
resting on cactus and feasting on C snakes
but the waters recede as the dump closes G in
revealing a whole lake of sleeping chil C dren
poison in the s F tream that flows to the s C ea
out on the G waves that crash within r C each
of those with so F much
and so little to C fear
you'd think it'd be G crazy
to be so far away yet C so near
Dm some say a ne F w day will s C hine here
Dm over these cat F astrophes and hor E rors of m G isfortune
all across the C wire
C Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's tr G ail
and dodging the border pa C trol
out in the wastelands wandering for G days
the future looks bleak with no sign of C change
darkness in the e F ye
and down in the C soul
all across the G wire
to those in contr C ol
holding so m F uch
with no show of C heart
you think it'd be c G razy
to watch it all fal C l apart
F watch it all G fall C apart
Calexico
