Calexico

[fox69]

"Follow The River"

"Follow The River"


Shadows are calling, and I’ve been down all day
The city’s asleep but my mind keeps running astray
I dream of you in the falling rain

Still have the wounds that the sun won’t ever heal
Surrounded by the emptiness of everything, everyone

I’m not giving up, I’m getting there
No I can’t give up yet, I’m getting there

Swallowed by ambition with a heart full of lies
‘Till I followed the river and found my way back to you

 

[fox69]

"Fortune Teller"

"Fortune Teller"


I was just standing, turning around
That’s when they caught me headin’ down
Keep on going don’t look away
That’s what they tell me, that’s what they say
OOOOh, OOOh, OOOOh
Yeah, that’s what they tell me, that’s what they say
You’re a pretty thought I support
Yeah, I’m just tryin’ to hold up as I go
And one day I swear I’ll spread my wings
I’m on my way to finer things
OOOOh, OOOh, OOOOh
I’m on my way to finer things
It wasn’t just me playin’ those games
Still it’s my own fault just the same
I opened up, I let you in
Now these crystal feelings are wearing thin
OOOOh, OOOh, OOOOh
I opened up, I let you in
I’m walkin’ with the fortune teller
I can see my own way home
But I don’t like this dark road anymore
And I don’t want to be alone for long
OOOOh, OOOh, OOOOh
Don’t want to be alone for long
I don’t want to be on this dark road alone...

 

[fox69]

"Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)"

"Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)"


From the delta to the plains
Storms touching down again
Devil's hiding in the house
Angel's in the rain
Corrugated lovers swimming on the wire
Switching on and off the breakers
On a night like this
No one should be alone
In the fractured air
Misfired from a distress flare
All the while searchlights reconcile
Cut their losses and run
Clinging to the rooftop
Losing track of days
Devil's up in the attic
Angel's lost her way
Must've misdialed the number
Or the telephone's died
Lost you in the darkness
And never heard back
Dropped out from the night
Like a stone
Falling from the fractured air
Misfired like a distress flare
All the while searchlights reconcile
Cut their losses and run

 

[fox69]

"Frank's Tavern"

"Frank's Tavern"


Down in south Tucscon
To Frank's Place I made it one night
My heart never intended a battle or fight
Mario fed me my courage
And then I sat down
For I love the girl in the white dress
Who danced the corrido
Yo quiero mi vida she blinded my sight
Blinded my sight
All spanish eyes were upon me
As I played the song
But they just couldn't read me
For I love the girl in the white dress
Who danced the corrido
Yo quiero mi vida she blinded my sight
Blinded my sight
She danced and I waited
To catch one glimpse of her eye
Her sister and vieja
Already planned my demise
I'm getting wobbly
I'm getting too weak to stand
For I love the girl in the white dress
Who danced the corrido
Yo quiero mi vida she blinded my sight
Blinded my sight
All spanish eyes were upon me
As I played the song
But they just couldn't read me

 

[fox69]

"Fresh Swamp"

"Fresh Swamp"


Strange feeling you get
When you cross the switchbacks and bring it on home
Just the farther and farther you drift
Like that old crow, that's beaten and worn
It's been a long day, been a long way
Fly your little wing
Old crow, old crow, battered and worn all your
Feathers
Now you're tattered and torn
All that silver sparkles in your teeth
While it rains in your heart
Swallowed it under, swallowed it down
Gonna take a little sip, gonna meet them boys downtown
Old crow, feeling kinda worn and worn out
Old crow, gonna take a sip, and pass it around, pass

 

[fox69]

"Ghost Of A River"

"Ghost Of A River"


Dig my hands into the dirt
Ghost of a riverbed
Find a timepiece from
The water commissioner
In a whole town washed up and dead
Climbing in a crawlspace
Climb to survive
Climbing into our vehicles
Through the tunnel to the other side
I remember when we'd stand
With our feet at the river's edge
Wondering where the current
Would take us if we leapt
I remember when we'd stand
With our feet at the water's edge
Wondering where the current
Would take us if we leapt
Now I can't stop thinking
About how she used to smile
Standing by that tree
Near the ghost of the river
And where we said our last goodbye
Our last goodbye
Our last goodbye

 

[fox69]

"Ghostwriter"

"Ghostwriter"


Dying of thirst
Could i still be alive or worse
Where was i last
Parked on the street when a shadow was cast
Taking me out, when a struggle ensued
What was that hole in my shirt
And the blood that spilled to the floor
Like a dead man's

The focus is blurred
And the voice off camera is heard
And the lighting's to blame
Tell the assistant director the same
Pulling away to a final dissolve
Soundtrack provides a lush bed of strings
Before the screen fades to black
And the credits rise above
Like the soul of a dead man
Wandering on
Like a dead man
Wandering on

 

[fox69]

"Gift X-Change"

"Gift X-Change"


You say you're leaving
Going back home
Where's your family
Where do you come from

Something's missing in your life
You've felt it all along
Retrace your steps
Balance and check
Where it all went wrong

The spirit is broken
The path is overrun
You can't move forward
And now nothing gets done

I hope you find some
In a peace along the way
Whatever it takes I pray you'll make it
Home on Christmas day

In case you don't find what you need
When you finally arrive
And your heart is snowed in
There's no warmth or light

Take this candle with you
And this book of matches as well
As you're climbing the walls
There's no answer at all
Except the gift you give yourself

I trust that you'll find some
In a peace through times that are rough
What would it take to hear you say
The gift you give is love
The gift you live in enough

 

[fox69]

"Gilbert"

"Gilbert"


Gilbert works alone, late into the night
dangling from a free way overpass
he's welding rebar and sculpting concrete
they're paving in the gap way out west
in off in the distance, the sleepy city shines
he raises his mask to take a look
slip from the perch, still holding onto his torch
i see him falling just like a burning star
out of control
and went drifting way off course
and went drifting way off course
waking up confused in a bed of thorn
and a world turns upside down
no questions asked, no party ever searched
like a blip gilbert slips into a void
a rustle nearby then a vision appears
made from saguaro boots and rib
grabs a hold of this prickly hand
and together they stand
walk on through the ruins of a world
that lost control
and went way off course
drifting off its course

 

[fox69]

"Girl In The Forest"

"Girl In The Forest"


Well the girl in the forest
Reached out to ease my worried mind
Stopped me from falling into a downward spiral
I was worn by the city until I finally let go
Drifted out to the Sierras on an empty road

A careless love
Won't get you far
I found a book of John Muir's
In an abandoned car

Well the world was spinning so fast
Nobody took the time
It was the girl in the forest
Who opened my eyes

What part of nature can you honestly say
Is beyond your explanations for short term gain
Something's got to change before everything's

Gonna disappear right before our eyes
And we finally face ourselves alone in the forest
Where so much rides on which path we decide