It was a nice day
as far as days go
in Mexico on the border
we had crossed the mountains swiftly
and passed below the clouds
and we thought a storm was coming
but the weather stayed dry
and so we walked along the river
until we found our feet in water
and we passed the box to currents carried by
and we walked into the river and let the currents carry us away
to where we would stay
and they fight against the water
but the current is a power that carries us yonder 'cross the bay
we were fighting for our daughters as they fought against the waters
so no net or shark or sheriff
could keep us away
we had thought a storm was coming but the clouds parted wide open
the road up ahead & a full moon to lead the way
we crawled out of the river
and found the box we'd floated
and we went into town and found work the next day.