Bruce Springsteen Sinaloa Cowboys lyrics

Sinaloa Cowboys by Bruce Springsteen

Sinaloa Cowboys lyrics

Miguel came from a small town in northern Mexico 
He came north with his brother Luis to California three years ago 
They crossed at the river levee when Luis was just 16 
And found work together in the fields of the San Joaquin 
They left their friends and family 
Their father said "My sons one thing you will learn 
For everything the north gives it exacts a price in return." 
They worked side by side in the orchards 
From morning till the day was thru 
Doing the work the hueros wouldn't do 

Word was out some men in from Sinaloa were looking for some hands 
Well deep in Fresno county there was a deserted chicken ranch 
There was a small tin shack on the edge of a ravine 
Miguel and Luis stood cooking methamphetamine 

You could spend a year in the orchards 
Or make half as much in one ten-hour shift 
Working for the men from Sinaloa 
But if you slipped the Hydriodic acid 
Could burn right thru your skin 
They'd leave you spittin' up blood in the desert 
If you breathed those fumes in 

It was early one winter evening as Miguel stood watch outside 
When the shack exploded lighting up the valley night 
Miguel carried Luis' body over his shoulder down a swale 
To the creekside and there in the tall grass Luis Rosales died 

Miguel lifted Luis' body into his truck and then he drove 
To where the morning sunlight fell on a eucalyptus grove 
There in the dirt he dug up 10000 dollars all that they'd saved 
Kissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave