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Six hundred miles in a black El Camino
Wrestling the wind just outside of Reno
I saw St. John Bosco on the edge of Highway 5
He said the road to hell is impossible to drive
It's littered with stones and remnants from the war
I asked him what in heaven's name he was crying for
"For my child," he said, "he died at the hand of a beast
Forever wrapped in pain and not to be released"
We drove on without him and took off for the border
Reciting David's Psalms in no particular order
When we got to San Telmo we were tired to the teeth
We took to our beds, it was there we found relief
Green Mexican dreams, carry me away
Far from the ashes of this solitary day
The moon floats up above us in luminescent grey
Green Mexican dreams, carry me away
I read six hundred pages in a book of restless poems
There's a rabid old coyote howling as it roams
The saguaros are withered, you can hear them pray for rain
There's a nylon string guitar ringing out in pain
Now the incorrigible daughter and the broken hearted son
Laugh among the shadows as a lizard flicks its tongue
The sky's full of smoke, it's endless and raw
Every star is a talon, every planet is a claw
Green Mexican dreams, carry me away
Far from the ashes of this solitary day
The moon floats up above us in luminescent grey
Green Mexican dream, carry me away
The radio was humming something about a murder
I looked over my shoulder to the darkness of the water
The Pacific lay asleep, not a whisper on its surface
The thought of seeing you again made me slightly nervous
I'm thirsty and tired, it's a quarter to one
The moon is despotic and hot as the sun
Past the military depot and the nuclear dome
Somewhere south of LAX I knew I was coming home
Green Mexican dream, carry me away
Far from the ashes of this solitary day
The moon floats up above us in luminescent grey
Green Mexican dream, carry me away