| The rains never came I saw my land die
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| Maria was sleeping when I kissed her goodbye
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| I couldn’t stand the sound of my children cryin' no more
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| You get hungry you get mad
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| A man without hope is a man that turns bad
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| I’ll try my luck in texas adios mexico
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| Wipe away your tears maria
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| There’s a better life for us somewhere
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| Let me see you smile maria
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| Close your eyes we’re on our way there
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| My country was a great one once upon a time
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| I wish I lived when you didn’t need borderlines
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| Somebody came and took the heart of my people away
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| Now I ain’t worried baby come hear what I say
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| My people gonna rise again fightin' someday
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| I’ll be there to see it I’ll be there to welcome them home
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| Wipe away your tears maria
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| There’s a better life for us somewhere
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| Let me see you smile maria
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| Close your eyes we’re on our way there
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| I saw texas she looked so fine
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| I met some other people same story as mine
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| Laughin' and drinkin' waitin' for the sun to go down
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| We had life in our eyes as we crossed the border line
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| Shot six good men without tellin' them why
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| How could anybody steal the only thing a man has left
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| Wipe away your tears maria
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| There’s a better life for us somewhere
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| Let me see you smile maria
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| Close your eyes we’re on our way there |