Mark Kozelek - Gustavo

^FI wrote a check and I bought an old ^Gmhouse I got a TV and a worn-out c^Amouch Hired a guy named Gustavo and his ^A#friends To fix it up from the foundat^Fion Oh god, those motherfuckers drove me ^Gmnuts With their electrical saws and mariachi mus^Amic But they really stepped it up ^A#man And put their backs into ^Fit But they lived pretty far a^Gmway They wanted to stay for a couple of ^Ammonths 'Til the work got done and I said s^A#ure Made ‘em a key and got ‘em a mi^Fcrowave

^FGustavo was an illegal immigra^Gmnt He took the money that I gave him And he went and spent ^Amit on strippers and casinos^A#

^FIt gets boring out in the mountains, you kno^Gmw Chopping wood, falling asleep to the TV ^Dmsnow Making ground beef ta^Ccos On the top of a potbelli^Amed stove Eating noodles from a Styrofoam c^Cup Waiting for a ride that never shows up^Dm Walking into town, browsing the windows^C Looking at rifles, looking at am^Ammo At night when everything’s clo^Csed

^FOne night they were headed for T^Gmahoe They asked me along but I said fuck^Am no 'Cause I was tired and my money was ti^A#ght And they just laughed and said alrig^Fht And on the way back they got stoppe^Gmd By a redneck sunnyside highway c^Amop Gustavo was drunk and had an ounce of ^A#pot And spent the night on a jailhouse co^Ft They deported him back to Mexic^Gmo He called me collect from a Tijuana p^Dmay phone Asking man, could you wire me mo^Cney? 2500 for a border coyo^Amte He needed work and he missed his fa^Cmily But I hung up and I said I’m so^Dmrry ^CBut I hung up and I felt un^Ameasy ^CI hung up and my heart was he^Dmavy I hung up and my back was ach^Cing Picking up the work they’d left in f^Amront of me The demoled walls and the pulled up floor^Cs The busted up cabinets and the broken drawe^Dmrs The kitchen sink was laying in the backya^Crd And I looked down and my hands were tremb^Amling A^Cnd I looked up and my roof was leaking

^FNow I still sleep on my beat-up old c^Gmouch In the living room of my unfinished hou^D#se I got a licensed contrac^A#tor But he quit cause his wife was dying of ca^Fncer But what the hell, I’m just here trying to find a^Gmnswers To find peace of mind, to get a piece of the r^D#ock A place to put my mental cloc^A#k And my old guitars and gently ro^Fck Back and forth in my front porch ch^Gmair Without a worry, without a ca^D#re I’m doing alright but I’m still no^A#t there

^FMy house ain’t done, but it’s^Gm alright Floors ain’t level, but I ain’t some ^D#suburban Who cares about bathroom til^A#es Straight lines and building codes and Chinese wind chi^Fmes My house ain’t done, but it’^Gms fine Come out here from time to tim^D#e In December for the sn^A#ow And in July to watch the roses g^Dmrow My gardener asks had I seen Gusta^Cvo? I just laughed and I said fuck n^Amo Not since that night he l^Ceft His hair combed back, headed for Ta^Dmhoe My girlfriend asked had I heard from that gu^Cy from Mexico? I said you mean Gusta^Amvo? And I just laughed and I said n^Co Not since he called from the Tijuana pay ph^Dmone Really I do^Cn’t give much thought to Gu^Amstavo I^A# love to go out to the mountains^F, though ^GmAnd in the fall, feel the bre^Ameze blow ^A#And in the winter, watch the ^Ffalling snow ^GmAnd in the spring, love the ^Amrainbows ^A#And in the summer smell the ro^Fses White and red and yellow^{Gm Am C}