Calexico Crystal Frontier Lyrics

Crystal Frontier Lyrics

Marco's shadow falls on the door to the seven lost cities of gold

Finds a raven's head and rattlers tail

Dead in his tracks, this godforsaken soul's

Unwanted here and his ghost lingers for years



Amalia's face hides behind the mask sweating on the TV factory line

That smile on her face is starting to crack

While welding back the pieces of a shattered heart

That's scattered out here, with the ghosts of her peers



Searches for her lost child along the river of tears, the river of tears



At the end of the working week

When drunken worlds meet

Both sides keeping a close eye

For a break in the line here on the crystal frontier, crystal frontier



Ramon tightens up his leather belt and slips through a hole in the fence

He can get you anything you want

Might cost you a life, might cost you

The whole price of freedom here on the crystal frontier



Searches for her lost love along the river of tears, the river of tears



Blood spills out on the streets

And bodies are missing for weeks

Both sides keeping a close eye

Watching the bullets fly here on the crystal frontier, crystal frontier