Bruce Springsteen - Sinaloa cowboys
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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