Los Lobos

[fox69]

"Whiskey Trail"

"Whiskey Trail"


Heaven is a place where good men go
Maybe it's a place that I won't know
Heading down that whiskey trail

Mama told me not to run, 'cause I might fall
But never was the kind to listen much at all
Heading down that whiskey trail

Damn that old whiskey trail

Daddy drank his dinner from a paper sack
Made it out the door one day
And never came back
Heading down that whiskey trail

They say that I'm a chip off a son of a gun
With nowhere to hide out and nowhere to run
Heading down that whiskey trail

Can't you hear the engines wail
Damn that old whiskey trail

Can't you hear the engines wail
Damn that old whiskey trail

 

[fox69]

"Why Do You Do"

"Why Do You Do"


Why do you do the things you do to me
Why do you do the things you do to me
I love you Baby now Baby can't you see

You got me jittery nervous all through the day
You got me jittery nervous all through the day
Well brother you know that really doesn't pay

How can you jive me and treat me this way
I'm getting sick and tired of bending your way
Please straighten out Baby stop your game
Come on now Honey don't give me more pain

Well! Why do you do it to me yeah!
Well! Why do you do it to me
I love you Baby now Baby can't you see

My friends all say that you're so doggone sweet
My friends all say that you're so doggone sweet
Well what they don't see is someone not so neat

 

[fox69]

"Why We Wish"

"Why We Wish"


That's why we wish, baby
Cause forever is way too long
That's why we wish, baby baby
Cause it's here today
And then it's gone

It's when a boy
Grows up into a man
And a seed turns into a tree
It's when two lovers kiss
Forever it seems
And the blind man at last can see

That's why we wish, baby
Cause forever is way too long
That's why we wish, baby
Cause it's here today
And then it's gone

How 'bout the girl
Who finds a dream come true
In a man that loves her so
And the orphan cries
Forever it seems
Until at last he finds a home

That's why we wish, baby
Cause forever is way too long
That's why we wish, baby baby
Cause it's here today
And then it's gone

Once a poor poor soul
Found what looked like a stone
And held up into the sun
Saw a diamond shining
Forever it seemed
And his searching, searching days were gone

That's why we wish, baby
Cause forever is way too long
That's why we wish, baby baby
Cause it's here today
And then it's gone
That's why we wish, baby
That's why we wish, baby baby

 

[fox69]

"Wicked Rain"

"Wicked Rain"


Rain, rain, rain, a wicked rain
Falling from the sky
Down, down, down, pouring down
Upon the night
Well there's just one chance in a million
That someday we'll make it out alive

Rain, rain, rain, an evil rain
Falling all the time
Sun, sun, sun
Sun don't ever want to shine
Well there'll be no light in the morning
Till some peace at last we find

Like travellers in the darkness
Can't see our way
Trying hard to make it through
Another day

Father, father, father
Why do you let your sons go astray
Brother, brother, brother
Why must we go on this way
There's a storm off in the distance
And it looks like it's here to stay

Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain

 

[fox69]

"Wicked Rain / Across 110Th Street"
(feat. Bobby Womack)

"Wicked Rain / Across 110Th Street"
(feat. Bobby Womack)



I hear thunder
Looks like the rain
Is gonna start falling
Rain, falling from the sky

Rain, rain, rain, a wicked rain
Falling from the sky
Down, down, down, pouring down
Upon the night
Well there's just one chance in a million
That someday we'll make it out alive

Rain, rain, rain an evil rain
Falling all the time
Sun, sun, sun, sun
Don't you ever want to shine
Well there'll be no light in the morning
Till some peace at last we find

Like travellers in the darkness
Can't see our way
Trying hard to make it through
Another day

Father, father, father
Why do you let your sons go astray
Brother, brother, brother
Why must we go on this way
There's a storm off in the distance
And it looks like it's here to stay

I was the third brother of five
Doing whatever I had to do to survive
I'm not saying what I did was alright
Tryin' to break out of the ghetto
Was a day to day fight

Bein' down so long
Getting' up didn't cross my mind
But I knew there was a better way of life
And I was just tryin' to find
You don't know what you're doin'
Till you're put under pressure
Across 100 and Tenth Street
Is a hell of a tester

Across 100 and Tenth Street
Pimps tryin' to catch a woman that's weak
Across 100 and Tenth Street
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
Across 100 and Tenth Street
A woman tryin' to catch a trick on the street
Across 100 and Tenth Street
You can find it all

Hey Brother, there's a better way out
Snorting that coke, shooting that dope
Man, you're coppin' out
Take my advice, it's either live or die
You gotta be strong if you wanna survive
The family up on the other side of town
Will catch hell if I don't get around
In ev'ry city you'll find the same thing goin' down
Harlem is the capital of ev'ry ghetto town

Across 100 and Tenth Street
Pimps tryin' to catch a woman that's weak
Across 100 and Tenth Street
Pushers won't let the junkie go free
Across 100 and Tenth Street
You can find it all

Across 100 and Tenth Street
Let the sun, let the sun shine down
Across 100 and Tenth Street
Like travellers in the darkness
Can't see our way
Across 100 and Tenth Street
Trying hard to make it
Make it through another day
Oh, stop the rain
Somebody stop the rain
Across 100 and Tenth Street
A little more love and a little less pain

 

[fox69]

"Will The Wolf Survive?"

"Will The Wolf Survive?"


Through the chill of winter
Running across the frozen lake
Hunters are out on his trail
All odds are against him
With a family to provide for
The one thing he must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?

Drifting by the roadside
Climbs each storm and aging face
Wants to make some morning's fate
Losing to the range war
He's got two strong legs to guide him
Two strong arms keep him alive
Will the wolf survive?

Standing in the pouring rain
All alone in a world that's changed
Running scared, now forced to hide
In a land where he once stood with pride
But he'll find his way by the morning light

Sounds across the nation
Coming from your hearts and minds
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
It's the truth that they all look for
The one thing they must keep alive
Will the wolf survive?
Will the wolf survive?

 

[fox69]

"Wooly Bully"

"Wooly Bully"


Uno, dos, one, two, tres, cuatro

Mattie told Hattie
About a thing she saw
Had two big horns
And a wooly jaw

[Chorus:]
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully

Hattie told Mattie
Let's don't take no chance
Let's not be L sevens
Come and learn to dance

[Chorus]

Mattie told Hattie
It's the thing to do
Get you someone really
Wooly wool with you

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Wreck Of The Carlos Rey"
(feat. Richard Thompson)

"Wreck Of The Carlos Rey"
(feat. Richard Thompson)



Fifty traveling to work the fields
Toil the factories and sweat the steel

Set out to sail from Santa Rosalie
I left you a note tacked to a tree

Adios querida
I'll return one day
Now I'm leaving on the Carlos Rey

Four cruel days under stormy skies
Not much bread to keep us alive

The wind kicked up and the rain came down
Then we all heard a terrible sound

Adios querida
Nothing more to say
I'm lost in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

I struggled against the pull of the tide
I clutched my bag with your picture inside

But my heart did break as it slipped away
Disappearing into the gray

Adios querida
I've gone to stay
Down in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

In the dark and cold I let you go
With the hunk of wood that I took hold

I sleep in a bed of salt and sand
And dream sweet dreams of taking your hand

Adios querida
I'm gone away
Down in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

 

[fox69]

"Ya Se Va"
(feat. Ruben Blades)

"Ya Se Va"
(feat. Ruben Blades)



El que no se arriesga nunca aprende nada
Quien no busca puerta no hallara la entrada
En amor se apuesta entregando el alma
Y como nos cuesta, cuando nos enganan

A veces resulta incuficiente la voluntad
Si de otro depende la realidad, por eso entiendo,
Y explicaselo al corazon, que solo aprende
El que arriesga su razon.

El que nada intenta nunca hara camino
Nuestras decisiones van creando sestino
Asi fue conmigo

Eterna amargura la que nos deja el amor que no madura
Que malo sabe el dolor

Ya se va, me deja en la soledad, sufriendo

Se va perdiendo la fe, quedas diciendo, amor pa que
Buscando el consuelo en el licor
Recordando lo que el tiempo se llevo

Sobre la ausencia
Queda el recuerdo
Y la sentencia
Del sufrimiento

Oye hermano, es que la vida es asi
Y hasta un lobo puede morir de amor

Me embarca y se aleja,me olvida y me deja
Como a sinbad el marino, en el mar de la ansiedad

Dentro de la carcel de la memoria voy repitiendo
La historia que me condena en la eternidad

Tristeza llega, me abraza y me aprieta y no se despega
Y no me deja contrar la felicidad

Ya no estas mas a mi lado corazon, en el alma solo siento soledad

 

[fox69]

"Yo Canto"

"Yo Canto"


Le canto a mi patria, le canto a mi gente
Le canto a mi madre, le canto a mi padre
Y hasta el presidente

Este ritmo suave, que me hace bailar
A toas las chicas, ay que bonitas
Las pongo a gozar

Que bonito baila, baila cumbia mi morena
Mueve la cintura, ella me hace que yo me muera
Tambien a mis barrios, y a todos los vatos
Les tocamos rolas, este baile padre
Como el vailenato

Muevete mi linda, mueve la cadera
Mira que tan lindo te vez bailando
Como una sirena

Que bonito baila, baila cumbia mi morena
Mueve la cintura, ella me hace que yo me muera

Tambien a mis barrios, y a todos los vatos
Les tocamos rolas, este baile padre
Como el vallenato

Muevete mi linda, mueve la cadera
Mira que tan lindo te vez bailando
Como una sirena

Que bonito baila, baila cumbia mi morena
Mueve la cintura, ella me hace que yo me muera