Los Lobos

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"The Giving Tree"

"The Giving Tree"


A warm wind is blowing through the valleys and the mountain tops
Down the road to a place we know so well
The children are running with ribbons in their baby hands
While we all gather 'round the Giving Tree

Let's go sing songs, the blue ones
Let's go sing about the Lord above
And thank the old sun for all we have
The sad times, the glad times
The babies swinging in our arms
Just don't seem like much like rain 'round the Giving Tree

Like the shedherds once followed a star bright up in the sky
We've come to say, come be with us know
Come give us a good one
Come give us a happy time
While we all here dance 'round the Giving Tree

 

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"The Hardest Time"

"The Hardest Time"


A toast to love with paper cups
And a vow to never part
They're saying to each other there's a fire burning
Deep within their hearts
But at her darkest hour he's gone far away
She's all alone
And when the lights go out it's the hardest time
The hardest time to be alone

She sends her Mary off to school
And sits to watch TV
They're talking about spending their lives together
The way it's supposed to be
Then the baby cries, wakes her from her dream
She's on her own
And when the lights go out it's the hardest time
The hardest time to be alone

A mother's dream is like a story never told
Reaching out for something more then a hand to hold
Wanting the girl she left behind
So far behind

Pen and paper in her hand
To write the folks back home
She's telling them again that her life is better
Not like long ago
Then her shaking hand tears across the page
Crumbles to the floor
And when the lights go out it's the hardest time
The hardest time to be alone

 

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"The Lady And The Rose"

"The Lady And The Rose"


On the barren slopes of a thousand hopes
Where a warm wind blows
To a place where I could rest my bones

All my life I've worked the earth
For what it's worth
Sun and dirt is all I've ever known

Gone this way so many times
To make the climb
In the way I always do and will

But this day I heard a sound
As I looked around
And there she was standing on the hill

Blue, the color of her flowing dress
She touched my head with a hand to bless
I stood as if my legs had turned to stone
Brown, the color of her skin like mine
Said in a voice all too divine
"From this day, son, you'll never be alone"

The sweetest music filled the air
Gone were all my cares
Felt like I was walking in a dream

Said pick the roses from around her feet
Like I had never seen
"Take them down to all who don't believe"

Blue, the color of her flowing dress
She touched my head with a hand to bless
I stood as if I my legs had turned to stone
Brown, the color of her skin like mine
Said in a voice all too divine
"From this day, son, you'll never be alone"

 

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"The Mess We're In"

"The Mess We're In"


We've got no money
But we've got our lives
A voice that's louder than any picket sign
Don't take away what is ours to keep
This very land that lies beneath our feet
Don't know about this mess we're in

Bombs are bursting in a far off land
Fire in the sky, a soldier takes his stand
But who is to know about the rules that men make
For what honor and for who's sake
Don't know about this mess we're in

The smoke is clearing and we see a light
Coming together for a different fight
All of us looking, finding our way again
Out of this mess we're in

She's walking the streets because she has no home
All she has hangs on her flesh and bones
Too many nights sleeping without a warm bed
She passes by but they just turn their heads
Don't know about this mess we're in

Old man dying from too much drink
Blood and glass laying in the bathroom sink
No one stopped to read the words that he wrote
Or care to hear to stories that he told
Don't know about this mess we're in

The smoke is clearing and we see a light
Coming together for a different fight
All of us looking, finding our way again
Out of this mess we're in

 

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"The Neighborhood"

"The Neighborhood"


Brother finds trouble on the street
A piece of rock to make men weak
Trembling eyes at everyone he meets

Sister holds her baby in the bed
Dreams and wishes dancin' in her head
A love forever is what he said
That's what he said

Father leans back in his easy chair
A pint of whiskey, he just sits and stares
He don't know and he doesn't really care

Mother works at her nine to five
Hardly makes enough to keep alive
She bows her head with tears in her eyes

Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
Grant us all peace and serenity

They're just songs sung on a dirty street
Echoes of hope lie beneath their feet
Struggling hard to make ends meet

Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
Thank you Lord for another day
Help my brother along his way
And please bring peace to the Neighborhood
To the neighborhood, to the neighborhood, to the neighborhood

 

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"The Road To Gila Bend"

"The Road To Gila Bend"


Made Nogales over night
Through the desert in the yellow light
Missing everything I left behind
Will they see me coming?
Do they know I'm running?

Got to Tucson in the dark
Keeping an eye out for the law
Five hundred miles or more from a broken heart Can they see me coming?
Do they know I'm running?

It's a long long way to Gila Bend
One silver dollar in my hand
Road twists and turns is there no end
When I get there I can lay my head - in Gila Bend

Saw a church along the way
A place to hide, to kneel and pray
Help me make it maybe one more day Can they see me coming?
Do they know I'm running?

It's a long long way to Gila Bend
One silver dollar in my hand
Road twists and turns is there no end
When I get there I can lay my head

 

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"The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room"

"The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room"


In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Welcome to our tropical hideaway, you lucky people you
If we weren't in the show starting right away
We'd be in the audience, too
The boys in the back are kamikaze
Because of their claws?
No, because they're macaws
And our fine feathered friend is a jolly toucan
And two can sound better than one toucan can

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

The bird of paradise is an elegant bird
It likes to be seen and it likes to be heard
Most little birdies will fly away
But the Tiki Room birds are here every day
Our show is delightful we hope you'll agree
We hope that it fills you with pleasure and glee
Because if we don't make you feel like that
We're gonna wind up on a lady's hat

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Our magnificent production is yet to come
So strum the guitar and beat the drum
We've been a hit and we know you adore us
So come on and join us in another chorus

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room, yee-ha

In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room
All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

 

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"The Town"

"The Town"


A car rolls by way down low
There's a name on a wall that I know

I heard a shot go off in the night
My father said everything is alright
In the town where I come from

Some kids are playing out in the yard
A mother says "don't wander too far"

I can go there when I dream
I close my eyes and it's all I see
The town where I come from

I know it's where my heart will be found
It's where I'll finally lay myself down

I can go there when I dream
I close my eyes and it's all I see
The town where I came from

 

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"The Ugly Bug Ball"

"The Ugly Bug Ball"


Once a lonely caterpillar sat and cried
To a sympathetic beetle by his side
I've got nobody to hug
I'm such an ugly bug
Then a spider and a dragonfly replied
If you're serious and want to win a bride
Come along with us to the glorious annual ugly bug ball

Come on let's crawl, crawl, crawl
To the ugly bug ball
And a happy time we'll have, one and all
At the ugly bug ball

While the crickets click their cricky melodies
And the ants were fancy dancing with the fleas
Then up from under the ground
The worms came squirming around
And they danced until their legs were nearly lame
Every little crawling creature you could name
Everyone was glad
What a time they had
They were so happy they came

Come on let's crawl, crawl, crawl
To the ugly bug ball
And a happy time we'll have, one and all
At the ugly bug ball

Then the caterpillar saw a pretty queen
She was beautiful yellow black and green
He said would you care to dance
Their dancing led to romance
Then she sat upon his caterpillar knee
And he gave his caterpillar queen a squeeze
Soon they'll honeymoon
Build a big cocoon
Thanks to the ugly bug ball

Come on let's crawl, crawl, crawl
To the ugly bug ball
And a happy time we'll have, one and all
At the ugly bug ball

Come on let's crawl, crawl, crawl
To the ugly bug ball
And a happy time we'll have, one and all
At the ugly bug ball

 

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"The Valley"

"The Valley"


In ancient times
To a place so far away
Across the land
Where the earth was
As tough as clay

Looked at their hands
Looked all around
And they seemed pleased
At what they had found

Here in the valley
Bread on the table
Work through the day
For as long as we are able
Green is the valley
Blue is the night
Out of the shadows
Into the light

They could have gone
But instead they chose to stay
To watch the clouds way up high
As they turned to gray
And through the dark
Broke a crimson sun
And at that moment
Knew their lives had just begun

Here in the valley
Bread on the table
Work through the day
For as long as we are able
Green is the valley
Blue is the night
Out of the darkness
Into the light

Here in the valley
Bread on the table
Work through the day
For as long as we are able
Green is the valley
Blue is the night
Out of the darkness
Into the light