LYRICS and Translations

Crazy Border Madness

The vivid sun across the land far in the distance could make a smile that lasts forever
The circling birds high in the blue sky call out to me with cries of unknown lamentations
A steady wind, my steadfast friend, will never let up I depend on it for comfort
A knowing moon looks down considering
what may or may not happen on its watch
The scent of campfires filled the air the day I walked across
to see the campgrounds.
The tents lay scattered all around, and Clothes were drying on the fences.
I saw people everywhere I looked
with open faces
Walking hand in hand were children playing games, and holding on to hope.
Coro:
Where is the Truth
In all this beauty, all this struggle, all this crazy border madness
That makes a country create laws
without looking at the faces of the children
Where is the Truth
In all this beauty, all this struggle, all this crazy border madness.
That sends a message to my heart, right from the start, that loves just written in a song
What kind of justice sends a child without family back to countries filled with danger?
What kind of justice fills a quota of a law
that brings death and illness?
We talk of victory that we’ve solved the problem of our borders
We bully children.
Who are without a home, without a gun, yes love’s just written in a song
Repeat Coro

Un Derecho de Nacimiento - Birthright

I'm going to create a song so that I can exist To move the earth beneath mankind, and survive
To cure my heart and let my mind flow
To lift up my spirit and let it reach the end
Chorus.
I wasn't born Without cause I wasn't born Without faith
My heart beats hard
To cry out to those who feel nothing And so pursue happiness
I'm going to create a song to respect the sky To move the roots of this field and make it bloom
To move the waters and green poison that's out there
To lift up my spirit and let it live it peace Chorus
My heart beats hard
To cry out to those who lie to us And so pursue happiness
And so pursue happiness
It's a right of birth
It's the motor of our movement
Because I reclaim the freedom of thought If ever I'm not asking for it, it's because I'm dying
It's a right of birth
To see the fruits that our dreams leave us In one sole voice and thought
And may this cry clean our wind
I'm going to create a song to be able to demand
That they don't strip the poor of what cost them so much to build
So that the stolen gold doesn't hold back our future
And so that those who have extra don't find it so hard to share
I'm going to lift up my song to wake up those Who've been asleep their whole lives, not wanting to see
So that the river carries not blood, but flowers, and to heal the evil
To lift up my spirit and let it live in peace Chorus
My heart beats hard
To cry out to those who lie to us And so pursue happiness
It's a right of birth
It's the motor of our movement
Because I reclaim the freedom of thought If ever I'm not asking for it, it's because I'm dying
It's a right of birth
To see the fruits that our dreams leave us In one sole voice and thought
And may this cry clean our wind
Repeat last two paragraphs

Borderland

On the border land today,
where the people all are gathering With their family and their hopes, without much but just a prayer
They’ve come all this way, cuz they have a dream Just to find a home, they can call their own.
Just to live and breathe, with their families
Find a way to live, without less fear, less pain
But we send them back, on a plane at dawn
Where they go to die, in a place unknown
Where they lineup to board a plane underneath our flags. Where they’re just a name, and not ever seen
But their is no wall today
that can hold back what is happening There’s a million children lost countless parents, countless aged
When did we lose sight of the simple acts
To protect the young, and respect the old
That beneath this vast stretch of Texas Sky, we’ll see we are all the same, this we hope, we pray.

Te Invito - I Invite You

I give you the first plant the I sowed into the earth.
I give you the little box my grandmother gave to me before she died. I give you the thrill I felt at the birth of my first brother
The smile of my mother to see me spell land my first steps.
My first childhood love and my first shoes. My first mischief and the mess of my room. My first childhood love and my first shoes. My first mischief and my first shoes.
My first school’s day, my haircut, my first notebook My high school friends, all that.
My first school’s day, my haircut, my first notebook My high school friends, all that.
I invite you to live with me the lunadas that realize in my town.
The nights of full moon and the downpour when it is already winter.
Our patron saint parties (I invite you) to see the nativities in every December And together in New Year try to fulfill the dreams we have
The experiences of my old pain and pain of their ancestors The powers of their gods, their hatreds and their yearnings The experiences of my old pain and pain of their ancestors The powers of their gods, their hatreds and their yearnings
My future, my voice, my breath, I just want to put them in your hands And as time passes that you understand that I love you
My first school’s day, my haircut, my first notebook
My high school friends, all that.
In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love
You will know that in the early morning I will fill you with love
In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love
Only for you, only for you, only for you, I composed this song, my love In time you will understand that it’s love, pure love
In time you will understand that it’s love.
Pure love

La Esperanza - The Hope
El viento toca la luz / The wind plays the light
La luz baila, en el agua / The light dances on the water El agua forma ondas / The water forms ripples
Los patos charlan / The ducks chatter
La tierra está / The earth is
Toda contenta/ All is content
Mi perro, se acerca a mí / My dog is near me Dentro, me hace muy feliz / Inside I'm happy Es la verdad / It's true
Nada perdura / Nothing lasts
No importa / No matter Estoy aquí / I'm here
Espero, yo oro, sí / I hope I pray, yes
Un día vivir en paz / One day that we live in peace.
Espero, yo oro, sí / I hope I pray, yes
Un día vivir con compasión / One day to live with compassion
Espero, yo oro, sí / I hope I pray, yes
Un día, that we learn we are one humanity
Creerá / To Believe Querrá / To Love Podrá / That We Can
Espero / I Hope