Los Lobos Album

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

Hold on
Hold on to every breath
And if I make it to the sunrise
Just to do it all over again
Do it all over again
I'm killing myself just to keep alive
Killing myself to survive
Killing myself to survive

Every night I stare this thing down
Knowing that you'll win in the end
There's blood on the rag
And only dust in the bag
Thought you said that you were my friend

Hold on
Hold on to every breath
And if I make it to the sunrise
Just to do it all over again
Do it all over again
I'm killing myself just to keep alive
Killing myself to survive
Killing myself to survive

Every day I watch the sun go down
Telling myself a big lie
Can I say I'll go another day
Or will this be the time that I die

Hold on
Hold on to every breath
And if I make it to the sunrise
Just to do it all over again
Do it all over again
I'm killing myself just to keep alive
Killing myself to survive
Killing myself to survive

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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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