A Border Tragedy Lyrics - Singles - Robert Earl Keen

(Part 1) 

(Instrumental) 

(Part 2) 

... verme tan solo y triste 

Cual hoja al viento, 

Quisiera llorar, quisiera morir 

De sentimiento 

(Part 3) 

There's an alley in Acuna 

Right next to a night club 

That's never been paved 

And is hip deep in chugholes 

It sort of trails into 

What once was a river 

But now is a ditch 

That smells just like sewage 

And there in the alley 

We're drinking Vampiras 

And smoking Delicados 

With Jaime and Umberto 

At three in the morning 

They order more nachos 

Another round of Vampiras 

'Cause they own the night club 

As well as the alley 

And all of a sudden 

We could not stop laughing 

And the laughter bounced off of 

The old precinct station 

And roared down the street 

Infecting the students 

Who were all still on spring break 

But now were all laughing 

Except for the one 

With the beautiful girlfriend 

Who looked like the virgin of Ciudad Acuna 

Who munched on a nacho 

And watched as her boyfriend 

Knelt down by Umberto 

And could not stop vomiting 

(Part 4) 

Beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly 

Play the dead march as you bear me along 

Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er me 

I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong 

Ay, ay ay ay 

Ay, ay ay ay 

Ay, ay ay ay 

Ay, ay ay ay 

Part 1: El Juego Se Fue 

Part 2: Cancion Mixteca (Sung by Jorge Torres) 

Part 3: Virgin of Ciudad Acuna (Sung by REK) 

Part 4: Streets of Laredo (Sung by Ray Price)