Calexico

[fox69]

"Another Space"

"Another Space"


Waiting in the garden, the winner's late
It's heating up again on the fire escape
All the dirty money follow the trail
Falling too deep and no turning back

In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this....
Back to this place

Could be scars seen from above
It's not a window you're jumping out of
Then the oil spills to the satellites
Driven to disaster and you're closing your eyes
Take a look at your watch, take a look at the mask
Making a clean sweep of the future, present and past

In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this place
In another time, in another space
In another way, we'll get back to this....
Back to this place


In another, in another, in another, in another...
In another... get back to this...

 

[fox69]

"Ballad Of Cable Hogue"
(feat. Marianne Dissard)

"Ballad Of Cable Hogue"
(feat. Marianne Dissard)



I live out yonder where the snakes and scorpions run
Got myself a little goldmine to bank on
But one day my heart sank when I saw madame in town
I knew her love would be the death of mine

L'amour passait, l'amour obsolète
Pourquoi perdre sa vie à chercher l'or d'un coeur?
Je ne me noierai pas dans ce désert mystique
Je ferme mes comptes et je repars
Love is passé and love is obsolete
Some spend their whole lives searching for a heart of gold
I'm tired of treading water in this desert mystique
I'm cashing in my chips before I ride

Do me a favor while I'm hanging here
Take this gold and go and hide
(don't twist too hard darlin' on your hangin' rope)
Don't worry I'll be free in no time

She promised me she would be there when I'd return
She didn't say she'd have a whole army there as well
She whispered, "j'taime baby"; as she fired that gun at me
(it's getting late and I'm running out of time)
I should've stayed way out yonder
Better off with the scorpions and snakes
Every act which has no heart will be found out in the end
Guess I'm a little late this time
Cause her love would be the death of mine
Mine, all mine.

 

[fox69]

"Bend In The Road"

"Bend In The Road"


Watching your eyes go back and forth
Out on the highway
Watching your heart bend to the road
Kiss your forehead as I turn to go

Following those signs
Driving out
Only engine smoke frozen in a cloud
Wishing the space would remain
You're holding back your tears
From letting go of your heart
Leaving the middle of the road
Letting go just a little bit
Till it all spills out the side of the road

Hole in the sea
Hole in the heart
There's a hole in your hand
Where the money just falls
And the pain falls right through
The hole in your head
That wears right through

The hole in all your plans
There's a hole that shines right through

 

[fox69]

"Beneath The City Of Dreams"

"Beneath The City Of Dreams"


Venom from the dealer pulls you underground
Fortune bleeds out lucky streaks can snap
All plans have their flaws sewn
Into the map to the city of dreams

You sleep in the car with your getaway schemes
Trusted saints patrolling the walls
Deep in the chambers outside the vaults
Searched for a sound echoes concrete
Might lead for a way out
Beneath the city of dreams

El camino escondido en la ciudad del sueño
Perdido en sus calles lo busco en mis recuerdos

He looked in her eyes one last time
Then crossed his heart
Memories of a tunnel lined with gold
But no one believes in the cards they hold
Coroner’s crying to an empty crowd
The devil’s laughing to himself out loud
Beneath the city of dreams

El camino escondido en la ciudad del sueño
Perdido en sus calles, lo busco en mis recuerdos

 

[fox69]

"Better And Better"

"Better And Better"


There’s a letter she keeps inside, a list of everyone she knows
Behind her closed eyes that turn her in when it’s time to go
She’s heading north into the haze, raise the wire and they raise the rent
She’s walking the sun back home and in the night the moon is gone
Is it better? Is it better and better?
Is it better than staying home with nowhere to go?
I’ve seen your face out on the plains drifting all alone
Draw my finger in the dirt and down another blue road
She’s in Kansas and Alabam’, Idaho and the Carolines
Know I’ve seen her before can’t you recognize those hands
Is it better? Is it better and better?
Is it better than staying back home?
Is it better? Is it better and better?
Is it better with nowhere else to go?

 

[fox69]

"Bisbee Blue"

"Bisbee Blue"


When you can't find the hours
Days keep on slipping thru
Avenues under construction
Blocking out your sky blues

Burried beneath the letters
Bills and the junk in the mail
Finding the strain to your heart
From the troubles down the trail

No sign of your old haunts here

Gone with the copper crews
Veins mined in vein remind you
Choices we choose to lose

New cities keep on sprawling
Old towns falling too
Raining a river of color

And it's flowing bisbee blue

Straight to you bisbee blue

Some say this way's the only one that's true

Bring me back bisbee blue
Bring me back

Oh these days, seem dark

Darkest I've seen

Darling you send me thru the hours

Days keep on sifting thru
Chipping away to remember

Days with you bisbee blue
Shining like bisbee blue
Bring me back bisbee blue

 

[fox69]

"Black Heart"

"Black Heart"


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

 

[fox69]

"Blacktop"

"Blacktop"


(Something) Attracts immigrants in hard times
The southwest is suffering rapid change
Coal-burning plants multiply and the Four Corners grow dingy
The Grand Canyon is overrun by motorized rafters and transistorites
Our lust for energy dams the rivers
Missile sites, bombing ranges nuclear testing, and mock desert warfare all disturb Lummis' classic southwest.
When blowing dust annoys the urbanites, their reaction is to blacktop the desert

 

[fox69]

"Bloodflow"

"Bloodflow"


Her eyes are closed now
That final breath is near
She lets go of my hand
And I fall into
A sea of tears
In search for the trail
That we were both riding
Lost sometime ago
Now I'm stranded on the mountain's edge
And there's only one way back
Down and down I go
Into the ground where the bad seeds are sown
And take route and pull me further in
Long and long and longer it takes
Good luck's gone and there's no more breaks
Just the ground beneath
That shakes and gives way
Swallowed up home
There ain't much now I can pull
No stuntman surprises
Or Houdini-like disguises
For death defying escape
Avoid the tap on the shoulder
From that one with a long black cape
Just to see those eyes of her shine
Is worth any sum or length of time
That would fill that space where her love once flowed
But the more I resist
The further and further I drift
Get swept out in the riptide
Where a part of me wants
To lie 'neath the ways of sorrow and tears
Sink to the bottom and linger there the rest of my years
Walk among the mild sea of bones
Of my fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers
Feel their blood flowing away
Send the soul it's way

 

[fox69]

"Bridge To Nowhere"

"Bridge To Nowhere"


From the empty streets to abandoned homes
There's a stinging feeling in my eye
Shelter underground in case the big one comes
Why would you plan for it not to work out right?

My focus was blurred
As the world became consumed
For who?

From the lookout tower another fired flare
I wonder if there's a light inside that heart
To escape the mess from every misstep
Why build another bridge that lead nowhere

My focus was blurred
As the world became consumed
For who?

What's embedded, we're coming up for air
Become outdated, we're coming up for air
Lost in the details, we're coming up for air
It's raining ashes, we're coming up for air
We're coming up for air

We're coming up
Even though they say it won't change a thing
These broken promises
Only can last so long
'Fore it all goes away