Alone in the dark at the edge of the border A coyote calling the moon from the sky The bright shining eye of a circling vulture And holes in the old fence line I'm travelling far from the land of my father The red cactus flower and the weight of a crime The far away barking of dogs by the water And holes in the old fence line Oh, angels look away Unbar the pearly gates Unblock the road 'Cause down here at the border the dogs are getting close And all of my dreaming, a house by a river A small bit of land for my beautiful wife Something to show for a lifetime of labor And holes in the old fence line And I crawled in the dirt to the edge of a country My hammering heart and the dust in my eyes I traded the night for the last of my money And holes in the old fence line And oh, angels look away Unbar the pearly gates Unblock the road 'Cause down here at the border Down here at the border I'm just an animal Down here at the border Down here at the border Alone in the dark at the edge of the border A coyote calling the moon from the sky The bright shining eye of a circling vulture And holes in the old fence line