STANDARD TUNING
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Alberto hits his brother on the back of the head
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looks to the north as he starts to get up
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his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not light yet,"
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"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"
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darkness on the road and over the land
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into the laws and out of the hands
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from those with so much
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and no show of heart
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you'd think it'd be crazy
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to ask for a small part
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spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
G#
resting on cactus and feasting on snakes
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but the waters recede as the dump closes in
G#
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children
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poison in the stream that flows to the sea
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out on the waves that crash within reach
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of those with so much
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and so little to fear
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you'd think it'd be crazy
G#
to be so far away yet so near
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some say a new day will shine here
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over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune
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all across the wire
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Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
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and dodging the border patrol
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out in the wastelands wandering for days
G#
the future looks bleak with no sign of change
C#
darkness in the eye
G#
and down in the soul
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all across the wire
G#
to those in control
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holding so much
G#
with no show of heart
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you think it'd be crazy
G#
to watch it all fall apart
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watch it all fall apart