Calexico é uma banda indie-rock originada em Tucson, Arizona., conhecida pela sua variedade eclética. Seus dois principais componentes são Joey Burns e John Convertino, que tocaram juntos pela primeira vez em Los Angeles como parte do grupo Giant Sand. Eles gravaram alguns álbuns no Quarterstick Records, enquanto seu album de 2005 In the Reins, que contou com a coloboração de Iron & Wine, alcançava a Billboard. Burns e Convertino colaboraram também com Lisa Germano e Howe Gelb no OP8, complilando também o album Slush em 1997.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[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