New Mexico
(Billy Bob Thornton/Brad Davis)
I can't go back to New Mexico There's ghosts at the border shaking chains The skulls scream for pardon row by row And I remember their names I need to get back to New Mexico Most of my conscience lingers there It calls out to me it won't let me go And I can't bear The souls that I left in New Mexico And the holes that they left in my heart The souls that I left in New Mexico And the reasons we drifted apart It's hard to be the law in New Mexico It's hard to be a man anywhere The pain that I caused in New Mexico Gave me a share Of the souls that I left in New Mexico And the land that holds blood to this day Oh Lord, let me die in New Mexico And share that old ground where they lay