One False Move

[Verse 1]

I was bringin' in their cocaine

'Cross the Texas-Mexico line

They don't like what I was doin'

But I lose no sleep at night

I was just runnin' off an old debt

Then I'd take some time

And find someplace far away

[Chorus]

Heaven to hell, my friends

Just a short jump in the stakes

And one false move's all it takes

[Verse 2]

On the streets of south Texas

I made my straight time

Workin' nights and pissin' in a cup

For my man down on State

Now I roll down the window

And let in the cool, clear desert night

And that cold feelin' of my luck runnin' out

[Chorus]

You get just so much dry ground

'Fore the water rushes ovеr the breaks

And one falsе move's all it takes

[Bridge]

Got a son in El Paso

I couldn't find the steady ground

You run outta room and answers

And your old mistakes start comin' 'round

Five years in Tamaulipas

Make you sick inside

The way you get used to anything

Sooner or later, it just becomes your life

[Verse 3]

Headlights flashin' cross my face

The sound of a pilgrim's horn fadin' south

I reach 'neath the seat in the dark

Then come that dry taste in my mouth

Above the black stars wheelin'

Inside's that sick, warm, sinkin' feeling

Taillights movin' through the high desert pine

Someone waitin' in the hills 'neath the shadow line

[Chorus]

You get your measure of daylight

'Fore the evenin' that waits

Just one false move away