Calexico - Across the wire

^CAlberto hits his brother on the back of the^G head looks to the north as he starts t^Co get up his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not^G light yet," "if you want a new life, what's a few minut^Ces wait?"

darkness on the ^Froad and over the^C land into the la^Gws and out of the ha^Cnds from those with so^F much and no show of ^Cheart you'd think it'd be ^Gcrazy to ask for a sm^Call part ^{G C G C}

spotted an eagle in the middle of a^G lake resting on cactus and feasting on ^Csnakes but the waters recede as the dump closes ^Gin revealing a whole lake of sleeping chil^Cdren

poison in the s^Ftream that flows to the s^Cea out on the ^Gwaves that crash within r^Ceach of those with so ^Fmuch and so little to ^Cfear you'd think it'd be ^Gcrazy to be so far away yet^C so near

^Dmsome say a ne^Fw day will s^Chine here ^Dmover these cat^Fastrophes and hor^Erors of m^Fisfortune all across the ^Cwire

^CAlberto y Hermano on the coyote's tr^Gail and dodging the border pa^Ctrol out in the wastelands wandering for ^Gdays the future looks bleak with no sign of ^Cchange

darkness in the e^Fye and down in the ^Csoul all across the ^Gwire to those in contr^Col holding so m^Fuch with no show of ^Cheart you think it'd be c^Grazy to watch it all fal^Cl apart ^Fwatch it all ^Gfall ^Capart