El nombre Calexico, tomado de la población fronteriza norteamericana Calexico, California, define perfectamente a esta banda, ya que es la mezcla entre California y México.
Son un grupo norteamericano originario de Tucson, Arizona, amantes de los sonidos del mundo. Sus dos líderes, Joey Burns (voz y guitarra) y John Convertino (batería) comenzaron a tocar juntos en la banda angelina Giant Sand antes de fundar Calexico.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse] F/A The plaza in the village G Where mission bells used to ring FF/A Is now crumbled to a pile of stench and ruin
Even the swallows have vanished G no longer return in the spring FF/A All the blossoms are buried ,'neath the waste G Out of the shadows grow hatred F Along the corridor crawls fear G Crushed by the promise of hope F/A That never returned Bm/DA# Watched with a hawk's trained eye
[Chorus] AmEmCGDm Trees grow silent fruit AmEmCGDm 'neath a suffering sky
F/A Those who have stayed, keep a flame In memory of the fallen And pass on the old rites despite the risk But many more have left here On mended broken wings
F/A Turning to see your reaction G A tear drop fills your eye F But you protest not to give up as give in F/A Heading straight for the wreckage G Picking up a shovel and a hoe FF/A Start putting back the bricks one by one
G Numbers come out of the woodwork F Curious to see the rebirth Bm/DA# Above the swollen clouds
[Chorus] AmEmCGDm A strange sound fills the air AmEmCGDm A silence never heard AmEmCGDm Falling like blessed rain F/A And the swallows return