Lyrics

I'm just tryin' to make a livin' I'm an old man at thirty-nine With two kids and an ex-wife Who moved up to Riverside I'm an agent on the border I drive the back roads every night Mountains east of El Cajon North of the Tecate line Where the California summer sun Will burn right through your soul But in the winter you can freeze to death In the California snow I catch the ones I'm able to And watch the others slip away I know some by their faces And I even know some by name I guess they think that wе're all Movie stars and millionaires I guеss they think their dreams and hopes Will all come through up here And I bet the weather's warmer down in Mexico And no one ever warned them of the California snow Last winter I found a man and wife It was just about daybreak Layin' in a frozen ditch North of the interstate I wrapped 'em in a blanket Lord, but she'd already died We shipped the man on back alone South of the borderline I don't know where they came from Or where they'd hoped to go But he carried her body all night long Through the California snow Man the things I've seen up here Make me think about my live I might go back to Riverside And try to fix things with my wife Or maybe just get in my truck And drive as far as I can go Away from all the ghosts that haunt The California snow Where the California summer sun Can burn right to your soul And in the winter you can freeze to death In the California snow