Across The Wire Lyrics - Singles - Calexico

Alberto hits his brother on the 

back of the head, 

looks to the north as he starts to get up 

his brother still sleepy 

grumbles "it's not light yet," 

"if you want a new life, what's 

a few minutes wait?" 

Darkness on the road and over the land 

into the laws and out of the hands 

from those with so much 

and no show of heart 

you'd think it'd be crazy 

to ask for a small part 

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Spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake 

resting on cactus and feasting on snakes 

the waters recede as the dump closes in, 

revealing a whole lake of sleeping children 

Poison in the stream that flows to the sea 

out on the waves that crash within reach 

of those with so much 

and so little to fear 

you'd think it'd be crazy 

to be so far away yet so near 

Some say a new day will shine here 

on these catastrophes and horrors 

of misfortune, all across the wire 

Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail 

and dodging the shadows of the border patrol 

out in the wastelands wandering for days 

the future looks bleak with 

no sign of change 

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Darkness in the eye and down 

in the soul 

all across the wire to those in control 

holding so much 

with no show of heart 

you think it'd be crazy 

to watch it all fall apart 

watch it all fall apart