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Gotta ex-wife in prison, got one in Santa Fe, ain’t
seen my wife in
Dallas ever
since she
ran away.
I’ve tried to live to love and I’ve tried to
live to hate. Tried to give my life to Jesus but the
Devil sealed my fate, so I wandered into Mexico to
seek a little grace, but all I saw was hunger, same as
mine, on every face. A young man tried to rob me so
I stabbed him with my knife, then I saw with shame
and sorrow I had taken a child’s life.
Angels and devils, saints and sinners, battle for my
soul, but there ain’t no winner. I’m a child of God, a
child of God. I am evil;I am innocent, I thirst for
love. A child of God, a child of God, I pray for
mercy to the empty sky above.So I wandered to a
whore house on the edge of Guanajuato,spent my last
peso on an old whore and a bottle. I layed down as
she slipped out of her cotton camisole, I said All I
want Senora is to feel somebody hold me. She
checked the clock and lay down as we awkwardly
embraced. I shuddered at my lonliness, a tear rolled
down my face.
CH Repeat.
Runnin to the border line I saw the lines I’d
crossed— bridges burned behind me and the noble
faith I’d lost—so I threw sinful shell into the muddy
Rio Grande to drown myself and go to Hell when
someone took my hand.
A young man hauled my drownin body up onto the
sand. He looked the spittin image of that boy that I
had stabbed. I threw up the dirty water as his sheep
dog licked my face. Then we shared a hand-rolled
cigarette and a moment of true grace