Los Alambrados

The Wire Fences

Los Alambrados

From Mexico they had leftDe méxico habían salido
They arrived in TijuanaHasta tijuana llegaron
For not bringing their papersPor no traer sus papeles
They crossed the wire fencesDe alambrados se pasaron
They crossed through the hillSe cruzaron por el cerro
They had taken their course.Su rumbo habían agarrado.

They were going around pathsIban rodeando veredas
As they had agreedComo lo habían acordado
It was night and that's whyEra de noche y por eso
They eluded surveillanceLa vigilancia burlaron
And over there in Chula VistaY por allá en chula vista
Two guys were waiting for them.Dos tipos los esperaron.

A helicopter was flying aroundUn helicóptero andaba
Trying to find themQueriéndolos encontrar
But among the bushesPero entre los matorrales
They couldn't see anythingNada pudieron mirar
What needs to be done in lifeLo que hay que hacer en la vida
To earn dollars.Para dolares ganar.

They arrived in EncinitasHasta encinitas llegaron
Almost at dawnCasi ya de madrugada
Of those who picked them upDe los que los recogieron
Nothing was heard againNo se volvió a saber nada
They spent two nights thereAhí pasaron dos noches
And couldn't do anything.Y sin poder hacer nada.

Later they decidedMas tarde se decidieron
To risk life or deathA dar la vida o la muerte
But the faith they hadPero la fe que tenían
Led them with great luckLos llevo con mucha suerte
Now they are in ChicagoAhora allá andan en chicago
Having fun with dollarsCon dolares se divierten