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Border Lights
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Alternative Folk
Border Lights wurde am 1. März 2005 von HighTone Records als Teil des Albums Hotwalker veröffentlicht
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Veröffentlichungsdatum1. März 2005
LabelHighTone Records
SpracheEnglish
Melodizität
Akustizität
Valence
Tanzbarkeit
Energie

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Vocals
Andrew Hardin
Andrew Hardin
Guitar
Fats Kaplin
Fats Kaplin
Fiddle
Joel Guzman
Joel Guzman
Accordion
Mark Hallman
Mark Hallman
Vocals
Mikael Lorca Martin
Mikael Lorca Martin
Mandolin
Tony Campise
Tony Campise
Flute
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Russell
Tom Russell
Producer

Songtexte

Tijuana, Juarez, Mexicali
1955, 1965
The Mexicans took the accordion from the German immigrants
And created a blasting norteño music
Waltzes, polkas filling the cheap dives of the 1950s borders
Tijuana, TJ
We hot-wired my parents' white Buick
And drove south at 80 miles an hour
To buy rum by the gallon
Just like Bukowski and Kerouac and all those people that
We'd be aware of later were aware of then
Just like Bill Haley might do
Rockin' around the clock with his greaseball ducktail
Just like every other teenage white boy
Drunk by lust
Longing to see the bullfights and to dive into
That delicious dark-eyed myth of the border
Banditos, whores, firecrackers, rum
Bad tequila
The longest bar in the world
And you walk across that bridge and into Old Mexico
Where children are begging and crying out from below
With funnels held up in the air to catch
Pennies and dimes you throw off the bridge
And we didn't see the poverty back then
The first person that you run into is your guide into the interior
The eternal taxi driver
The myth of the donkey show
Where's the girls?
Uh, girls?
You know
Yeah, uh, las chicas
The girls?
The pink lady
The pink lady?
A good donkey show
Donkey show?
Yeah, special for you
No touch for nothing
Only watch special in their own private
No touch, only watch
Hot show
Donkey show
You and you watch having in their own private
Have two ladies and actually
How much is it?
The cover is ten dollars and
Yeah, late 1950s, early 1960
My L.A., Bukowski's L.A
The soundtrack was Los Angeles, Lost Angels
Mexican pachuco boogie and rock and roll
Meeting and clashing with country western out of Hollywood
There wasn't any Gram Parsons yet synthesizing everything
There was Art Laboe and El Monte Legion Stadium
And people like Question Mark and the Mysterians
Johnny Otis
And Cal Worthington was always doing
Those wacky Dodge commercials on TV
On Rocket to Stardom
Got a little gift for you folks
It's called a transistor radio
It's just my way of saying thank you, partner
For coming down to Worthington Dodge
Let's hear those Collins kids now
Spade Cooley, Cliffie Stone
Written by: Tom Russell
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