Al Filo Del Reloj
Los Tigres del Norte
At the Edge of the Clock
Day laborer, day laborer
why did you arrive so late
the clock denounces you
and now they will punish you
those are rich people's luxuries
that you cannot afford.
I will tell you about a brave man
executed in Chihuahua
he was sentenced to death
with Carranza's signature
and at six in the morning
they took him to the gallows.
And you, little man
who becomes a judge
you hold the trial at three
and you execute at six
then you wash your hands
saying the law was fulfilled.
As the bells toll
they executed an Austrian
the same happened to Argumedo
in a cemetery in Durango
and that tick-tock of the clock
was stealing his life away.
How many hours are in a year
and how many in a six-year term
from September to December
the accounts keep adding up
and there they start to forget
that they are employees of the people.
How many hours have passed
and how many are left
surely there will be a clock
that will mark our end
and it has so much tension
that it will have to break.
