Gonna take you down by the river
Smell the gunpowder, hear the ghost sing
Kids in the shadows, drinking by the water
Smoking and blowing them smoke rings
Gonna take you down to the river
You're gonna learn about the times man
Bloodstains will make you shiver
You're gonna feel it in your spine, man
Used to walk down Sante Fe Street
Had a quarter in my hand and a fake ID
Sip a little poison on the Mexican side
Bones in the ground heard singing off key
Now walk down Sante Fe Bridge
Lie low between the lanes man
Nobody flinching when the killing shots ring
These times ain't the same man
Undertaker look like crows
Red eyed and dressed in black
Undertaker said there ain't no law
Cross that river, you never come back
Gonna take you to the railroad bridge
Gonna see men hanging like scarecrows
Noose tied on the violent side of the lamp blown over so the world knows
I'm gonna take you to the railroad bridge so ya
Ya have to look em in the eye
Countin the thread, sendin you a message
Blood spillin, don't matter what side
Undertaker look like crows
Red eyed and dressed in black
Undertaker said there ain't no law
Cross that river, you never come back
Cross that river, you never come back
Crows fly through the sister city street
Weep for the lives of the lost ones
They cry what a shame, what a pity
Mouths fed through the crimes of a drug gun
Crow flies through the broken city
Gather up the remains man
Take heed, we all bleed
Keep it running through your veins man
And when I walk that line
I see the other side
Something in their eyes
Well its the same as mine
Undertaker look like crows
Red eyed and dressed in black
Undertaker said there ain't no law
Cross that river, you never come back
Undertaker look like crows
Red eyed and dressed in black
Undertaker said there's only one law
Cross that river, you never come back
Cross that river, you never come back
Cross that river, you never come back
Cross that river, you never come back
Cross the dirty river and you never come back