I can see across the border
To the el paso side
I can hear the music blarin'
People laughing in the night
Where I'm standing there is a darkness
And the red river flos
I'm stuck down here in juarez, mexico
Tonight I lay near the water
Sleep with one eye closed
My finger on the trigger
My other arm around rose
I got plans for us to leave here
Think about it everyday
On a moonless night me and rosie'll slip away
I ain't gonna die in these streets for nothing
I ain't gonna starve another day
Made up my mind, I'm leaving
Doesn't namtter where we go
As long as we get out of juarez, mexico
By the time we cross the river
We will be texas bound
Stay the hell out Arizona
I heard the law could cut you down
If I'm working on this living, don't care what people say
We'll do a better job work hours for felipe
I ain't gonna die in these streets for nothing
I ain't gonna starve another day
Made up my mind, I'm leaving
Doesn't namtter where we go
As long as we get out of juarez, mexico
Rosie burns the bacon and chills
On a hot cedar fire
And off in the distance
Anotehr funeral pyre
These days I dream of america
And hope some day I'll go
But tonight I'll pray, for juarez, mexico.
To the el paso side
I can hear the music blarin'
People laughing in the night
Where I'm standing there is a darkness
And the red river flos
I'm stuck down here in juarez, mexico
Tonight I lay near the water
Sleep with one eye closed
My finger on the trigger
My other arm around rose
I got plans for us to leave here
Think about it everyday
On a moonless night me and rosie'll slip away
I ain't gonna die in these streets for nothing
I ain't gonna starve another day
Made up my mind, I'm leaving
Doesn't namtter where we go
As long as we get out of juarez, mexico
By the time we cross the river
We will be texas bound
Stay the hell out Arizona
I heard the law could cut you down
If I'm working on this living, don't care what people say
We'll do a better job work hours for felipe
I ain't gonna die in these streets for nothing
I ain't gonna starve another day
Made up my mind, I'm leaving
Doesn't namtter where we go
As long as we get out of juarez, mexico
Rosie burns the bacon and chills
On a hot cedar fire
And off in the distance
Anotehr funeral pyre
These days I dream of america
And hope some day I'll go
But tonight I'll pray, for juarez, mexico.
Contributed by Dq82 - 2018/1/4 - 13:09
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Thom Chacon
Ciudad Juarez è una città messicana, al confine con gli Stati Uniti, da cui è separata dal Rio Grande (dall'altra parte del fiume vi è El Paso, una volta erano un'unica città), una delle città più malfamate del mondo, per anni con il più alto tasso di omicidi procapite al mondo. I cartelli criminali contrabbandano droga e, ovviamente, clandestini, negli Stati Uniti. Negli ultimi 15 anni, la città ha perso quasi il 20% della popolazione, esasperata dalla violenza del luogo e allettata da un futuro migliore al di là del fiume.
Ciudad Juarez è tristemente nota anche per i numerosissimi femminicidi, particolarmente giovani ragazze, che lavorano nelle maquilladoras che producono beni per gli USA. Jennifer Lopez produsse anche un film, Bordertown (2007), in cui lei interpreta una giornalista che indaga su tutte queste morti.
Once I was driving east on Interstate 10 and I went through El Paso, TX. I looked to my right to the south and saw a young couple on the Juarez, Mexico side holding hands and staring across the border. I wrote this song about them. I'm glued to a TV show right now on FX called "The Bridge", it takes place on the El Paso/Juarez border and picks up where my song "Juarez, Mexico" leaves off. - Thom
E la canzone racconta proprio questa speranza per la fuga da un tale posto infernale e per il futuro aldilà del confine.