Lyrics Barrio (Live) - Giant Sand

Hey, sit with me, stay with us a while
I could use your good company to help and let me smile
I had a girl, but now she's gone
I had a band, but they're all gone
I had a van, but everything inside is gone, way gone
Guess I was living a life, but the spirits thought it was wrong

Now I live alone in the barrio
Yeah, I'm walking with a dog I don't even know
Everywhere I hear me a loud stereo
I just walk alone, I don't care where I go

We can talk about the homeless, usually the men become bums
They hang around gas stations signs, bumming nickels and dimes, they're biding time
But the girls usually become whores, they're all taught that's all they must be good for
They hang around hotel signs, they're just selling time
I wish I was in the market

Now I stroll around my new neighborhood, barrio
Yeah, I walk with a dirty dog I don't even know
Every window's got a big ol' blaster or a stereo
I walk along, there's only so far you can go

Hammers and nails
I wouldn't blame them as she sadly shivers herself away
That old map she holds there still works
Just got to admit she knows how to use it, how to use it
Abuse this, how do you use it?

I had a good girl, swore she was a saint
We painted the whole town red 'til we run out of paint
I had a good band
I had a good band

So I pick me up, I take me out
I walk down the 4th Avenue
I know what I'm gonna do

I hear me a stereo
With somebody's aggressive radio
I know the rodeo
Keep looking for help this year