Hills Of Old Juarez Lyrics - Borderland - Tom Russell

I lost my mind ten years ago 

A wanderin' through the world 

Let's cut right to the quick 

I met me a dark-eyed girl 

I was living in El Paso with a woman named Inez 

We'd stare out every evening 

At the hills of old Jaurez 

Inez she'd had a grand daddy who'd owned the dry good store 

He'd climb up on his roof at night and watch Pancho Villa's war 

Jack Pershing come with silver guns 

"For Villa" Granddad said 

But Pancho he went underground in the hills of old Juarez 

Those rollin' smoky hills of old Juarez 

Those god forsaken hills 

They will lure you to your death 

Beware the dusty hills of old Juarez 

"There's gold in them there hillsâ?? 

So said a man with a broken tooth 

We could run some cocaine powder 

Right on by the custom's booth 

I was broke I needed money 

To pacify Inez 

So I started doing business in the hills of old Jaurez 

The adrenaline and blood boiled up 

Oh man ain't this a rush 

When you're running through the gunfire 

And the Okatio brush 

My partner was a Tiwa kid straight off of the â??res 

But he ratted me and disappeared in the hills of old Juarez 

A bullet in my back, a bullet in my leg 

Bullets flying by my ears they taught me how to pray 

I prayed I'd reach the river bank where I had left Inez 

But I fell through rock and prickly pear in the hills of old Juarez 

Those rolling smoky hills of old Juarez 

Those god forsaken hills 

They will lure you to your death 

Beware the dusty hills of old Juarez 

The Narco Trafficante boys 

They own the borderline 

Fat cats up in Washington shit and moan and whine 

I'm in Huntsville Prison 

I'm dreaming of Inez 

She's waiting for me there in the hills of old Juarez 

Those rollin' smoky hills of old Juarez 

Those god forsaken hills 

They will lure you to your death 

Beware the dusty hills of old Juarez 

Those god forsaken hills of old Juarez