Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Goodnight, Juarez, artist - Tom Russell. Album song Mesabi, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 05.09.2011
Record label: Shout Factory
Song language: English
Goodnight, Juarez |
Juarez, I couldn’t sleep tonight |
Juarez, you made me weep tonight |
Across the Rio Grande, I saw your poverty lights |
Goodnight, Juarez, good night |
Juarez, I used to paint the town |
Now you’ve gone and turned it upside down |
Into a dark and bloody battleground |
Goodnight, Juarez, goodnight |
Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows |
Just caught the last bus out |
She said, «Seven sorrows used to fit the bill |
But I’d need ten thousand now» |
The mariachi horns are silent |
The guitars don’t make a sound |
The children have all disappeared |
Or they’re hiding underground |
The tourist market’s empty now |
You wouldn’t recognize this town |
Why, they even tore the bull ring down |
Goodnight, Juarez, good night |
Vuela, vuela, palomita, you old ragged |
And torn Dove of Peace |
Fly across this burning desert |
Where the bodies lie beneath |
Bring me back one faded rose |
A sign of love and hope |
And drop it down on this broken city |
Before it all goes up in smoke |
Juarez, I had a dream today |
The children danced as the guitars played |
And all the violence up and slipped away |
Goodnight, Juarez, goodnight |