My brother-in-law’s a barefoot liar,
rusty Toyota, bald tires on fire.
Drove a thousand miles for the holy grail—
tacos in a cartel town called El Valle.
Sat at the bench in a shipping-box shack,
ranted and raved ‘bout the best I’d ever had.
She brought the plate, I took that bite…
thrice-cooked street dog in the pale moonlight.
(Chorus)
Oh, the tacos sucked and the sicarios hide,
business is slow since the federales arrived.
But east of the canyon, past the Sphinx with no head,
I clawed my face and I screamed what I said:
“I’m back! I’m back! And I’ve won, I’ve won!”
Laughin’ and cryin’ under the desert sun.
This valley’s mine, yeah this valley’s mine—
I’ll live it again and again and again!
(Verse 2)
Chasin’ a vortex, some miracle sound,
turned out man-made, just echoes around.
Guts full of poison, shades torn from my eyes,
wept like a child at that ridge in the sky.
Little round hill and a cone standin’ tall,
rump of the Sphinx guardin’ nothin’ at all.
But it hit me like lightning, shook me to the bone—
I remembered my name, I was finally home.
(Chorus)
Oh, the tacos sucked and the sicarios hide,
but I’d cross that border a thousand more times.
‘Cause east of the canyon, past the Sphinx with no head,
I clawed my face and I screamed what I said:
“I’m back! I’m back! And I’ve won, I’ve won!”
Shakin’ and weepin’ under the desert sun.
This valley’s mine, yeah this valley’s mine—
I’ll live it again and again and again!
(Bridge)
What’s the risk if I don’t come back alive?
I’ve already died in the stories I survive.
Cartel comes back, maybe the tacos get good—
either way I’m returnin’, like a free man should.
(Final Chorus – louder, half-crazed)
I’ll go back home with my songs and my feast,
remind my new kin we’re not made to be beasts.
Raise up your glasses, let the wild night begin—
I’ll live it again and again and AGAIN!
I’m back! I’m back! And I’ve won, I’ve won!
This valley’s mine ‘til the kingdom come.
Happy again, happy again—
I’ll live it again and again and AGAIN!
(Fade out with manic laughter and distant coyotes)
