Across The Wire Lyrics

Across The Wire lyrics

alberto hits his brother on the
back of the head, looks to the north
as he
starts to get up
his brothers 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

spotted an eagle in the
middle of a lake
resting on cactus, feasting on snakes
but 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
over 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

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