Calexico

[fox69]

"Drenched"

"Drenched"


Riding through nostalgia, shaking memories by the mile
the city lights are closing in on him
the distance grows shorter for a while

He wonders what dreams fill her heart
and wonders if what they had could ever be sparked
"The roads never lead where they're supposed to go,"
that's what he tells himself before he lets it go.

Out on the cold grey plain, sunken on the side of the road
the words bleed off the page, the letter becomes well-soaked
"No more turning backwards," he says, as he drives off in the rain
ventures on up through the Colorades and settles under the rock
and pines, and stakes claim

Still he wonders what what dreams fill her heart
and wonders if what they had could ever be sparked
the roads never lead where they're supposed to go

They just twist 'round and 'round the flame
the eyes closing, the heart retains
a bit of a spark before it fades away
that's where he gets lost and drifts off alone
and what he tells himself..."Better let it go."

 

[fox69]

"El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)"

"El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)"


Walking south along the river
Never had he found that twist of pleasure
Remembering times when they were younger
Setting the town on fire
And watching as his fellow friends
Fell apart in the wake
Claiming it was all just a mistake
When his finger pulled the trigger
And he shot everyone
It was all just a mistake
When he shot everyone
Nothing will stand in the way
When hunger hasn't eaten for days
Scrounges around where ends meet
Then disappears into the fray
He hopes for a while he can reconcile
But the pain that never dies
The ghosts of his family constantly
Gnawing at his inside
He pulls out a worn out photo
And an old handmade gun
Wishes it was he who was frying
When he set the whole town on fire
He walks off crying
He shot everyone

 

[fox69]

"End Of The Night"

"End Of The Night"


End of the night, end of the book
Veered off the road where nobody looks
Written in the clouds, whispers underground
If it all disappears, if it dare turn around

And there's nothing anyone can say
That can prepare you when they take you away
Rolling down Main Street in the Sunday stitches
Where another one goes

Tell me a lie, tell me the truth
Wrap it with ribbons, tight like a noose
A gift for the judge and the hangman as well
Some are bent on heaven but here's where we dwell

Someone in the land between the lands
Where all our hope stumbles or stands
Vanish before we make our move
There's another one gone

The longer you stay around
The more you feel alone
All my friends are shadows
Stretching past the city limits
All running from the rising sun

And there's nothing anyone can say
That can prepare you when they take you away
Saturday's dreams buried on Monday's stitches
There's the way the story goes

 

[fox69]

"End Of The World With You"

"End Of The World With You"


I thought you were the one who said cold wars are a bust
She doesn't want a Romeo, just someone she can trust
With an ear to the ground
Love in the age of the extremes
There's nothing better that I'd rather do
Then to scatter all the myths
And walk to the start of the end of the world with you
Turn up the microphone on the national parks
You gotta switch something off if you wanna get it right
A crater full of wisdom in James Turrell's eyes
Light in the age of the extremes
There's nothing finer that I'd rather see
Then to scatter all the myths
Find another way around getting stuck at the end of the world with you
The end of the world with you
At the end of the world with you
At the end of the world with you
At the end of the world with you
If you travel out to space at the speed of light
Would you send me a letter from a star going by
Can't see too well out here in the dark
Time in the age of the extremes
There's nothing better that I'd rather feel
Then to scatter all the myths
Bring back a little piece of mind for you
You gotta vantage point so we'll sit and watch the view
At the edge of the end of the world

 

[fox69]

"Epic"

"Epic"


Nights we hide between the walls
And voices leading on the ground
Arms reaching out
Hoping for the chance to start
Oooh...
Oooh... ooh ooh

Hearts holding out
Waiting for the bells to bring

My words to all of you
And if they ever hear my voice
Hold me in your thoughts
Laid out
Twisted in defense
Hoping for the chance to start
Oooh...
Oooh... ooh ooh

Hearts holding out
Waiting for the bells to send

My love to all my friends
And if I never make it back
To hold you in my arms again
Not letting go this time
Oooh...
Oooh... ooh ooh

 

[fox69]

"Eyes Wide Awake"

"Eyes Wide Awake"


Who's there
Who keeps coming on, on the line
Who's there and hiding behind the lights
That ain't no shadow
I know who you are

Eyes wide awake, so much is at stake
I'm frozen in glace, need to see your face
Uncoil and reveal, break out of the trance
Or is there something I wanna chase

The room is on fire and I'm paralyzed
I whisper your name to the heart of the frame
This happens again and we just pretend
Not to notice that we're haunted

Eyes wide awake, so much is at stake
I'm frozen in place, need to see your face
The lost and the damned, we'll find our way
But something out there keeps blowing back, keeps blowing

Eyes wide awake so much is at stake
I'm frozen in place, need to see your face
The lost and the damned, we'll find our way
But something out there keeps blowing back
Keeps blowing back, blowing back
Like the wind
Keeps blowing back, blowing back
Keeps blowing back, blowing back
Eyes wide awake

 

[fox69]

"Fade"

"Fade"


No one knows where the night can go
except for the few lovers
entangled and torn from the hour
the stars now are starting to leave
a silent moon begins to weep
and the lovers fall further and further
into the dark and deep
come morning, without warning
the absence of love's embrace
like winter's light, it creeps on in
and the moon's tears fade
he starts the car and is driving away
hearing her voice and tasting their last kiss
that sent them spinning and racing
the moon's glow lights the way
otherwordly underwater dreamscape
till a semi's headlights invade
come morning, without warning
the absence of love's embrace
like winter's light, it creeps on in
and the moon's sullen glow is fading
the glow is fading
the glow is fading
soul escaping
stars are leaving, the moon is weeping
soul escaping
soul escaping
racing through the night...
the glow is fading
the glow is fading

 

[fox69]

"Falling From The Sky"
(feat. Ben Bridwell)

"Falling From The Sky"
(feat. Ben Bridwell)



Well, I dreamt you were playing
An old guitar from a five and dime
There was a song trapped inside
With the sweetest tune
You said it was sad to sing

[Chorus:]
Where do you fall when you have nowhere to do?
Where do you go where you have no one to see?
What do you see when you have nothing to feel?
What do you feel when you're all alone?

It’s a song that circles round and around
Like a bird lost inside a cloud
Cut off from the stars and they’re guided in the light
Not sure which way is up or down anymore

[Chorus]

Tired of waiting
Clouds will be breaking
Soon you'll escape and
Someday we'll find a place in the sky

 

[fox69]

"Falling Rain"

"Falling Rain"


I hear a sound
It's going through my brain
I hear talk of people
I feel the fallin' rain

I see a man crying
'cause the whole world has left him down
Kids are laughing at the funny faces
Of a clown

My mind is like a spring in a clock
It won't unwind
I can't see, can't think, can't feel
I'm out of time

I'm up, then I'm down now
Tell me where is it going to end
You say start at the beginning
Of the end, my friend

I hear thunder
And I can feel the wind
I can see angry faces
In the eyes of men

And don't forget kid's stake
Where kids lay bleeding on the ground
And there's no place on this planet
Where peace can be found

So there'll be stabbings and shootings
And young men dying all around
And it keeps going through my brain
And I can still hear the sound

I hear talking of people
The whole world has gone insane
And all there is left is the fallin' rain
And all there is left is the fallin' rain

 

[fox69]

"Flores Y Tamales"

"Flores Y Tamales"


Desde que me fui guardaste tu querer
Paseando por el parque triste y sola hasta las diez
El trago mas amargo te dejo sin consuelo
Perdida y llorando a este lado del desierto
Pensaba existía el sueño que algun dia
Tendremos esa casita juntitos vida mía
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile
Pero este cuento se acabó con la tierra que esperaba
Entre los matojos manchandome la cara
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile
Mi cuerpo boca arriba, miraba hacia el sol
Creyendo que tus ojos me llamaban con dolor
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile
Y amanezcamos juntos con flores y tamales
Festejando con tus risas cada rato, cada baile