Across The Wire

Calexico

 CG
 Alberto hits his brother on the back of the head
 C
looks to the north as he starts to get up
 G
his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not light yet,"
 C
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"

 FC
darkness on the road and over the land
 GC
into the laws and out of the hands
 F
from those with so much
 C
and no show of heart
 G
you'd think it'd be crazy
 CGCGC
to ask for a small part            

 G
spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
 C
resting on cactus and feasting on snakes
 G
but the waters recede as the dump closes in
 C
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children

 FC
poison in the stream that flows to the sea
 GC
out on the waves that crash within reach
 F
of those with so much
 C
and so little to fear
 G
you'd think it'd be crazy
 C
to be so far away yet so near

 DmFC
 some say a new day will shine here
 DmFEG
 over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune
 C
all across the wire

 CG
 Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
 C
and dodging the border patrol
 G
out in the wastelands wandering for days
 C
the future looks bleak with no sign of change

 F
darkness in the eye
 C
and down in the soul
 G
all across the wire
 C
to those in control
 F
holding so much
 C
with no show of heart
 G
you think it'd be crazy
 C
to watch it all fall apart
 FGC
 watch it all fall apart


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