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[Verse 1]
GMiguel came from a small town In northern MexiCco He came Gnorth with his brother Luis To California three years Dago They Gcrossed at the river levee When Luis was just Csixteen And found Gwork together in the Dfields of the San JoaqGuin
[Verse 2]
GThey left their homes and family Their father said, "My sons, one thing you willC learn For eGverything the north gives It exacts a price in Dreturn" TGhey worked side by side in the orchards From morning until the day was Cthrough GDoing the work the hDueros wouldn't dGo
[Verse 3]
WGord was out some men in from Sinaloa Were looking for some Chands WeGll, deep in Fresno county There was a deserted chicken rDanch ThGere in a small tin shack On the edge of a rCavine MiguGel and Luis stood cooking DmethamphetaGmine
[Bridge]
You could sCpend a year in the oGrchards Or make half as much iDn one ten-hour shift WCorking for the men from SinaGloa Ah, but if you sDlipped TChe hydriodic acid CoGuld burn right through your skin
They'd leave you spitting up blood in the desert
IfD you breathed those fumGes in
[Verse 4]
IGt was early one winter evening As Miguel stood watch oCutside GWhen the shack exploded Lighting up the valley nDight MGiguel carried Luis's body over his shoulder Down a swale to the cCreek side And Gthere in the tall grass LuiDs Rosales Gdied
[Verse 5]
MGiguel lifted Luis' body Into his truck, and then he dCrove ToG where the morning sunlight fell On a eucalyptus gDrove TGhere in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars All that they'd Csaved Kissed hisG brother's lips and pDlaced him in his Ggrave