Fenceline

Alone in the dark at the edge of the border

A coyote calling the moon from the sky

The bright shining eye of a circling vulture

And holes in the old fence line

Traveling far from the land of my father

The red cactus flower and the weight of a crime

The faraway barking of dogs by the water

And holes in the old fence line

Oh angels look away

Unbar the pearly gate, unblock the road

Cause down here at the border, the dogs are getting close

All of my dreaming, a house by a river

A small bit of land for my beautiful wife

Something to show for a lifetime of labor

And holes in the old fence line

I crawl in the dirt, to the edge of a country

My hammering heart and the dust in my eyes

I traded the night for the last of my money

And holes in the old fence line

Oh angels look away

Unbar the pearly gate, unblock the road

Cause down here at the border, i’m just an animal

Alone in the dark at the edge of the border

A coyote calling the moon from the sky

The bright shining eye of a circling vulture

And holes in the old fenceline