[Intro: desert wind, a slow tun drum like a rocking cradle, a lone chirimia far off] [Verse 1: soft, close, unhurried] I came up out of the ground with the ground in my mouth no sabía que el aire ya no me hacía falta (I didn’t know I didn’t need the air anymore) I looked back down into the hole y allí me estabas esperando (and there you were, waiting for me) [Verse 2] You fit in one hand nunca tomaste aliento (you never drew a breath) The road took my clothes and my name y la tierra me quitó lo ultimo (and the earth took the last thing I had) [Pre-Chorus: half whispered] No lo sabía, Dios mío (I didn’t know, my God) or I never let myself know [Instrumental break: her scream as an electric guitar, a haunted slide guitar howl that tears open into a soaring singing lead guitar solo, long sustained notes, whammy bar screams and dives, climbing to an unearthly wail no throat could make, ringing across the whole valley, then cut to silence, the insects stop] [Chorus: lullaby, rocking] Duérmete, angelito, duérmete ya (Go to sleep, little angel, go to sleep now) the moon's watching over, la luna se va (the moon is leaving) no tengo velas, no tengo flor (I have no candles, I have no flower) just these two arms and this lullaby, amor (my love) [Verse 3: quiet, ashamed] And God forgive me, with my arms still full I turned my face toward the lights el hambre no sabe de luto (hunger knows nothing of mourning) hunger doesn't know how to wait [Verse 4: slow] Dicen que la flor amarilla (They say the yellow flower) shows the dead the way back home I don't have even one for you ¿cómo vas a encontrar tu casa? (how will you find your way home?) [Verse 5: very soft] I gave you back to the dirt with my hands sin nombre, sin decir nada (with no name, without saying anything) a little mound down at the bottom y las dos manos encima, un rato (and both my hands on top of it, for a while) [Chorus: lullaby, rocking] Duérmete, angelito, duérmete ya (Go to sleep, little angel, go to sleep now) the moon's watching over, la luna se va (the moon is leaving) no tengo velas, no tengo flor (I have no candles, I have no flower) just these two arms and this lullaby, amor (my love) [Bridge: spoken-sung, prayer cadence] I didn't walk into the sun no sé por qué (I don’t know why) something told me, todavía no (not yet) If anyone is listening, que te cuide (may they watch over you) and if no one is, igual lo digo (I’ll say it anyway) [Final Chorus: slower, softer] Duérmete, angelito, duérmete ya (Go to sleep, little angel, go to sleep now) the moon's going down, tengo que andar (I have to walk) no tengo velas, no tengo flor (I have no candles, I have no flower) just these two arms and this lullaby, amor (my love) [Outro: the lullaby hummed without words, fading, bare footsteps walking away into the brush, the tun stops, wind] [End]
