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...the story of an abandoned, god-forsaken Tex-Mex town and the mama's-boy sheriff that couldn't save it...
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Another tumbleweed departing/without a farewell
The empty buildings filled with stories, that they'll never tell.
Who will save us
in good time?
La Caida del Tamale/Fall of Tamale
(dimitta nobis debita nostra) *forgive us our debts
They dipped their cups into the fountain/until it ran dry
And when la lana left without us/we watched our town die *(mexican slang for money, "dough")
Who will save us
in good time?
La Caida del Tamale/Fall of Tamale
(ex toto corde poenitet me) *with all my heart I repent
And now it all comes down to you.
You had to blow it like a fool.
And your maw, she still knows best.
She just don't like the way you're dressed.
Our golden fantasies of power/inflamed our desire
And saw our families, god and friendships/consumed in the fire.
No more candles,
no more prayers.
Donde esta mi ciudad?
(requiem aeternam dona nobis) *give us eternal rest
Left empty-souled and empty-handed/our world fell apart
And here we linger in Tamale/a town with no heart.
Don't cry for history.
Just close your eyes.
Donde esta mi ciudad?
Donde esta mi ciudad?
(te absolvo peccatis tuis) *I absolve you of your sins
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