I'm just trying to earn a living
I'm an old man at 39
My two kids and my ex-wife
Moved up to Riverside
I'm an agent on the border
I drive the back roads every night
Mountains east of El Cajon
North of the Tecate Line
Well the California summer sun
Will burn right to your soul
In the winter you can freeze to death
In the California snow
I catch the ones I'm able to
I watch the others slip away
Of some I know their faces
I might even know their names
I guess they think that we're all
Movie stars and millionaires
I guess they think their dreams and hopes
Will all come true up here
But I bet the weather's warmer
Way down in Mexico
But no one ever warned them 'bout
The California snow
Last winter I found a man and wife -
It was just about daybreak
Lying in a frozen ditch
North of the Interstate
I wrapped 'em in a blanket
Lord, but she'd already died
We shipped the man on back alone
South of the borderline
And I don't know where they came from
Or where they planned to go
But he carried her body all night long
Through the California snow
Man, the things I've seen out here
Make me think about my life
I might go back to Riverside
And try to fix things with my wife
Or maybe just get in my truck
And drive as far as I can go
Away from all these ghosts that haunt
The California snow
And the California summer sun
Will burn right to your soul
But in the winter you can freeze to death
In the California snow
In the winter you can freeze to death
In the California snow
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