Calexico Black Heart Lyrics

Black Heart Lyrics

spring is frozen now I'm stuck in low
wrapped with wire, tapped to the
heart
can't find no poison, now I've got no cure
(the) fangs are stuck
inside my skin

payne county line
watching unjust claims
one man's
righteousness is another man's
long haul, sentence carried out
long haul,
counting the miles
to the four corners of the world

spring is rusted
shut, (faith's) coiled and cracked
apparitions worth their weight in
gold
scratched in metal, name erodes away
hands are scarred, heart is
charred
burnt though, and ashen

trip on fence post line
sifting
through the remains
one man's close pursuit is another man's
last chance,
make it through the divide
last chance, suffer the weight or get buried by
this
black heart, sweeping over the land
black heart, crawling its
way
to the four corners of the world