The Brother Brothers - Lonesome Lyrics

Out here on the border there's a lonesome wind that blows
You can hear the trains for miles away, a'comin'
Singin' Lonesome
Lonesome

And the ocotillo only blooms after it has rained
They point their lonely fingers at the sky all day
Singin' Lonesome
Lonesome

Three pilgrims went a'walking down to bethlehem one day
With a shining star up high above their heads
And I saw jupiter and saturn's paths a'crossing on their way
In an ever-cosmic shaking of hands

Out here on the border you can walk for days and days
And the only thing you'll find's what they call nothing
Call it lonesome
Lonesome

And they say an ancient river came to wash it all away
And the only water left is ever-leaving
Call it lonesome
Lonesome

There was a pilgrim walking 'cross the rio grande one day
With a jug of water balanced on his hand
I've seen that man aquarius and I have seen the sun
And I've seen the turning ages of man

Out here on the border there's a lonesome wind that blows
And it leaves behind the quiet of the evening
Singin' lonesome
Lonesome

And somewhere an ancient century grows far away from everything
Just waiting for it's time to start blooming
Singin' lonesome
Lonesome