Congregate Friends,
and I will spin you a yarn
Of an immigrant named, Alejandro
He's a father of six,
and a man of good standing
Calls his home, Ciudad de Puerto Penasco

A north Mexican town, 
a border town at that
Violence and Murder, were rising
How do you protect a family,
when you've lost all hope
And without your morals compromising

Alejandro devised a plan,
but the road alone he must take
He's headin out, north to the border
He exclaimed to his wife Maria,
'If I dont come back"
'Never you forget me" he ordered

He loved his six children,
and kissed them all long
Left with all the food and water he could carry
He peers over his shoulder,
to look one last time
To know this could be the last made him wary

For ten days and nights,
he worked his way to the border
Mexican desert days are a scortchin'
Alejandro took ill,
But he must make good time
If caught, the Cartel would easily torch him

His devotion paid off,
In view, the All-American Canal
He mustered the strength to celebrate arrival
Little did he know,
that the story would go
Soon he would be battling for his survival

The other side of the canal,
freedom within his grasp
Just a few yards he needed to be a swimmin'
As Alejandro jumped in,
He paddled with all of his might
But soon his strength began to a dimmin'

Alejandro fought the good fight,
but his body gave out
his last thoughts turned to his wife and his children
Tears covered by the waves,
Fear escaping his mind
His final thought...never again would he hold 'em

The first reservoir in the canal,
collects the bodies of the dead
Of all of the souls who perished there before him
Alejandro's body was pulled out,
On the American side
Finally at dusk, he'd found his freedom

At the All-American Canal,
Hidden away is a gravyard
Where the body of Alejandro Vega lays a rottin'
Hundreds of graves numbered,
all go by John Doe
A cemetary for the souls of the forgotten

The children asked Maria,
'What happened to Papa'
He left us about this time last season
She looked in thier eyes,
and said 'Babies he'll be fine'
She couldnt bare to tell them the reason