May our eyes be WET as we look at these faces of our fellow human beings...
- Thomas Tittmann
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
"If the smooth moon can slidе to any coast without any permission
Why must the wetback prove with Visas that he's not from Neptune?"
--Mojado - Ricardo Arjona (see song below)
Mojado: English Lyrics
[Verse 1: Ricardo Arjona]
He packed some shirts, a hat
His adventurer's vocation, six pieces of advice, seven photos, a thousand memories
He stuffed every desire to stay
His capacity to transform into the man whom he dreamt of and never achieved
He said "goodbye" with a grimace disguised as a smile
And he begged his crucified God on the shelf for his shelter
And he perforated the bordеr as best he could
[Chorus: Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz, Ricardo Arjona]
If the smooth moon can slidе to any coast without any permission
Why must the wetback prove with Visas that he's not from Neptune?
[Verse 2: Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz, Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz]
The wetback has every want to dry himself
The wetback is drenched with nostalgia-stricken tears
The wetback, the undocumented
Bears the weight that the law wouldn't carry
Even if they were obligated
The paper nightmare has made him a fugitive
And he's not from here because his name doesn't appear in the files
And he's not from back there since he left
[Chorus: Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz, Ricardo Arjona]
If the smooth moon can slide to any coast without any permission
Why must the wetback prove with Visas that he's not from Neptune?
[Bridge: Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz, Ricky Muñoz & Ricardo Arjona]
Wetback, your truth tastes like a lie, your anxiety like sadness
Of seeing a freeway and dreaming of the lane headed to your house
Wetback, drenched by all the crying, knowing that somewhere
A kiss waits for you, having been paused since the day you left
[Chorus: Ricardo Arjona & Ricky Muñoz, Ricardo Arjona]
If the smooth moon can slide to any coast without any permission
Why must the wetback prove with Visas that he's not from Neptune?
If the universal Visa is extended on the day we were born, and it expires upon our death
Why do they persecute you, wetback, when the Council of Heaven has already permitted you?
Above from my 5/4/19 post - snapped this while hiking NYC's Highline Trail on 8/19/18 (link is at end)
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