Calexico

[fox69]

"Not Even Stevie Nicks..."

"Not Even Stevie Nicks..."


With a head like a vulture
and heart full of hornets
he drives off the cliff
and into the blue
not even the priestess
with her wrenches and
secret powers
could save (steer) him
from danger for a little while
not even she could save him

 

[fox69]

"Ocean Of Noise"

"Ocean Of Noise"


In an ocean of noise I first heard your voice
Ringing like a bell as if I had a choice, oh, well
Left in the morning while you were fast asleep
Into an ocean of violence, a world of empty streets
You've got your reasons and me, I've got mine
But all the reasons I gave were just lies to buy myself some time
In an ocean of noise I first heard your voice
Now who here among us still believes in choice? Not I
No way of knowing what any man will do
An ocean of violence between me and you
You've got your reasons and me, I've got mine
But all the reasons I gave were just lies to buy myself some time
I'm gonna work it out 'cause time won't work it out
I'm gonna work it out 'cause time won't work it out for you
I'm gonna work it out 'cause time won't work it out
I'm gonna work it out 'cause time won't work it out for you
I'm gonna work it on out

 

[fox69]

"One More Cup Of Coffee"
(with Roger McGuinn)
(from "I'm Not There" soundtrack)

"One More Cup Of Coffee"
(with Roger McGuinn)
(from "I'm Not There" soundtrack)



Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky.
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie.
But I don't sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above.
One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.
Your daddy he's an outlaw
And a wanderer by trade
He'll teach you how to pick and choose
And how to throw the blade.
He oversees his kingdom
So no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out
For another plate of food.
One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.
Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself.
You've never learned to read or write
There's no books upon your shelf.
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark.
One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.

 

[fox69]

"Painted Over"

"Painted Over"


It's a simple mistake
When you've painted over your painting
And it needs no more speaking

 

[fox69]

"Panic Open String"

"Panic Open String"


Panic open string, power grids blackout
Birds all fly in numbers down to the ground
Reassure the blades of green, green grass
Season's still asleep more or less
Wind is gearing up for a reckless ride
Leaning accidental on nature's side
Propeller power fields, solar panel sides
Lightning bolts connect, it's with you i will go
I close my eyes and the seasons pass
Above the cityscape, the city out of reach
Way beyond our lives, up into the sky, far below the green
My dreams are all blue, so is my heart
Light up screens of you, if you could only see
Time's dreams escape, late into the night
When the stars align reminds me of you
Words will lose their fear
And i will find their truth
Church bells in the hills they will ring and ring
Ocean's to the coast will cling to their host
The sun will split in two, sink thru an empty sky
It's where we'll go when we
Leave this place and die

 

[fox69]

"Para"

"Para"


I hold your wrist, you bite your lip
The push becomes an embrace
I touch your face, you close your eyes
The embrace becomes a shove
I walk away, you follow too close
The shove takes hold and there's nowhere to go

Take it down! Take it away!
Take it down! Take it all the way down!
Take it down! Take it away!
Take it down! Take it all the way down!
Below!
The waterline!

I see you now through a glass wall
All that is you stays with you
But we see it all, we feel it all
And there is no place we can't go

Take it down! Take it away!
Take it down! Take it all the way down!
Take it down! Take it away!
Take it down! Take it all the way down!
Below!
Down below!
The waterline!

 

[fox69]

"Point Vicente"

"Point Vicente"


She swings on the front porch
and sweeps her days into an empty sky
of a dream drowned in the rain
out where the land is as flat as the sea
there's a train pulling out west
and a box of money stashed under the bed
up through the pines
and down into the city of light
where the world spins on a string
the weave of lovers weave meet their fate
down by the sea falls in love with the sailor who keeps the light house
storm comes in, smashes the shore
the sailor's duty comes calling
begging and pleading as she falls to the floor
she's left waiting
she waits at the front
her husband come wrapped around her
where she fell the stoop in the night
...all alone for months at a time

 

[fox69]

"Prison On Route 41"

"Prison On Route 41"


There's a prison on route 41
Home to my father, first cousin, and son
And I visit every weekend
Not with my body but with prayers that I send

I've a reason for my absentee
And no lack of love for my dear family
But my savior is not Christ the Lord
But one named Virginia whom I live my life for

And I owe mine to her
I'd rot in that prison for sure
If she'd tossed me aside
And not shown me the way to abide

By the creed, the law of the land
So unlike my uncle, grandpa, and great aunt
Whom I'd most likely see every day
If not for the righteous pair of Virginia's legs

There's a prison on route 41
Home to my mother, stepbrother, and son
And I'd tear down that jail by myself
If not for Virginia who made me someone else

And I owe all to her
And I'd rot in that prison for sure
If she'd tossed me aside
And not shown me the way to abide

By the precepts of her purity
So unlike the habits of my whole family
Whom I only see down on my knees
In prayer by Virginia whom I live for to please

 

[fox69]

"Puerto"

"Puerto"


Lupita's 'gonna weave a path to the land up north
'Gonna find her way through the thick of it all
Looking at the lights dancing in the sky
Hoping for a fallen star
"Me consuelo viendo estrellas bailando en el puerto"
Brought them gold from the country to help cure their illness
But they landed with only one purpose for conquest
Though there's still this wave of unsettling hunger that never disappears
Rigo working one, two, three different jobs
And when he comes back home he welds into the night
Builds an air balloon for his pickup truck
'Gonna fly up and over the wall
If everything stays exactly the same
Then nothing can move and nothing can change
"Me siento ese pájaro que danza sobre el puerto"
Carried ships from the sea up over the mountains
The warriors fell to their knees by the invisible virus
And still you can feel this wave of unsettling anger that never disappears
She's talking on the phone in the heart of town
To her Bachata Mama in the heart of the world
Saying "please come back to Santo Domingo
Why you gotta be so far away"
If everyone stays exactly the same
Then no one can move and no one can change
"Amo ver la Luna vacilando en el puerto"
No one fortelling the depth and type of destruction
Nor the sadness trapped on the tongue of Malinche
Quetzalcoatl feathers strewn out over the altar
Blood running down the pyramid steps in the morning
Codices lost to a language that's been broken
There's this growing sense of impending anger that never disappears
"Ninguna entrada, queda en el puerto"

 

[fox69]

"Quattro (World Drifts In)"

"Quattro (World Drifts In)"


Love the run but not the race
All alone in a silent way
World drifts in and the world's a stranger

In a light, eclipsed and alienated
In a time, occupied and invaded
Can't tell what's right, better hit the ground running

In the hills where the tall weed grows
Hands are tied and won't let go
Can't escape this place without leaving the world behind

In a light, ashamed and humiliated
In a time, sacrificed for the sake of trade
The soul is bent, feels the weight of truth
Falling through
Left behind, no choice but to run to the mountains
Where no poppies grow, you have to hit the ground running

In a light, paralyzed and spirits fading
Out of time, must decide to fall or run
Into the eye, of the storm no sign or omen
Make it right, or fall to the other side
Where fields are burning
From the day you're born
You'll always hit the ground running