Authority Zero - Shakedown In Juarez lyrics

It was the summer of confusion back in 2006
There was a stench on the air
Down by the border some kids
With only one thing in question
Would they make it through the night?
Or end up in a suitcase on
Front of el paso times
See times they were changing
There was violence in the streets
Down in juarez, mexico
Getting rowdy off the beat
With tequila in the air and
Booze in our system
It was a shakedown in juarez
You couldn't have missed them
It was a shakedown in juarez
It was a shakedown in juarez

Rolling across the boarder around 4 am
We should have known we had it
Coming when we couldn't get in
So we clipped on through the fence
And slipped right past the feds
Down avenida
Past the clubs and right on past the stench
See there was something in the air
As we walked that night
On down the main strip no more
Lights and only devils in sight
Anyone who dares enter finds them
Selves in some danger
Read the cardboard box as things
They only got stranger

It was a shakedown in juarez
It was a shakedown in juarez

Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way
Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way

Whistles in the night night that
Signaled we were alone
Up pulls a paddy wagon with
666 on the door so hands above our heads and
Backs against the wall
Out comes a knife just one
Excuse was needed that's all
How much for one ticket and yeah
You know what i mean
How much it gonna cost to
Set these here gringos free?
A hundred bucks a pop and
You can save your skin
It was a shakedown in juarez
Or never see them again

It was a shakedown in juarez
It was a shakedown in juarez

Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way
Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way

It was a shakedown in juarez
Shakedown, yeah you'd better keep it moving
It was a shakedown in juarez
Shakedown, shakedown
It was a shakedown in juarez
Shakedown, yeah you'd better keep it moving
It was a shakedown in juarez
Shakedown, shakedown

Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way
Moving, moving jumping in the streets and
Running, running keeping up the pace
Hoping, hoping for a brave new future
Dying, dying like it's the only way