El Coyote - Guy Clark

In the town of Reynosa, there’s a beautiful river

That shines in the Mexico sun

There are boats and they cross from one side to the other

At dusk when the hot day is done

From there to Acuña to Del Rio, Texas

You valley up through San Antone

With the pesos I’ve saved up for years then I’ll trade

For the chance to send dollars back home

Coyote, coyote, qué hiciste cabron?

Coyote, man what have you done?

You took all our money and left us to die

In the heat of the South Texas sun

Coyote, qué hiciste cabron?

He steps out of the shadows, he won’t look in my eyes

His hand’s out to take all I’ve got

He says that he’s smuggled a thousand good men

And he says that he’s never been caught

So with seventeen other, braceros like cattle

Packed in for that long final ride

In the semi-truck crossing the border it’s dark

And it’s hot as an oven inside

Coyote, coyote, qué hiciste cabron?

Coyote, man what have you done?

You took all our money and left us to die

In the heat of the South Texas sun

Coyote, qué hiciste cabron?

The braceros are asking in whispers

Why the truck stopped in the heat of the day?

At first sign of trouble, he’s left us all there

By the road and he’s walking away

Coyote, coyote, qué hiciste cabron?

Coyote, man what have you done?

You took all our money and left us to die

In the heat of the South Texas sun

Coyote, qué hiciste cabron?