Father says head down
We don't want them finding you
Mother says practice now

All the words you know

Oh Arizona's burning

They say the fence turned round
Now the razor wire keeps us out


Mother says with luck
We'll sleep under a roof tonight
Father says in the truck

We'll be crushed in tight

Oh Chicago don't forget me

As the miles between us grow
Keep the maple tree carved
with the name of my love

The hills we would sled race down
Lake Michigan stay endless
and painted in sky Goodbye


Mother says years ago
The whole world was ours to rule

Father says let it go
Those days are gone for good


All the signs read no gringo
But somehow we'll find our way
Maybe waiting at dawn by

the factory doors
Sunburnt and bent in the fields
Please don't turn us in

We'll be silent as the grave As time

No gringo

No Gringo aqu­
Words as levies against the flood
Hoy cerrado

there's too many to feed
Room for only our own
kind, our own blood

No gringo, no gringo aqu­
You have stayed in this
land for too long

Tan amargo
But there's no time to grieve
You just pack up your

things and move on