Wheels of Laredo

On a winter night in Webb County, Texas On the north bank of the mighty Rio Grande I was watching the jungle fires a-burnin' Across the border of a not-so-distant land And the echoes of the church bells that were swingin' Could be heard from Guadalupe Market Square There was a girl down there in the south side of the river She had feathers tied into her long black hair Said, if I was I was white-crowned sparrow I would float upon the southern skies of blue But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo Wishing I was rolling back to you (Wish I was rolling) I put on my favorite jacket for Jamboozie I painted up my eyes and wore my beads There was a band playing "To God Be the Glory" There were people dancing all around the streets There were barrels on the sidewalk that were burning And a fortune-teller readin' people's hands And I swear I heard those church bells ringing Across the border in a not-so-distant land Singing, if I was white-crowned sparrow I would float upon the southern skies of blue But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo Wishing I was rolling back to you (Back to you) If I was white-crowned sparrow I would float upon the southern skies of blue But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo Wishing I was rolling back to you Wishing I was rolling back to you