Walking Papers 2

So This Is How It Ends

He was driving though the desert

He’d already dug a hole

The moon hangs around

& she sees everything go down

But she don’t dare tell a soul

Carlos had to think about his reputation

He had a dead man behind his seat

With duct tape pulled tight over a rag his mouth

Around his wrists & his feet

So this is how it ends – She’ll never see his face again

The reflection in his eyes - Vultures circling in the sky

If you want to twist the knife you’ll have to wait your turn

If you fly to close to the sun you’re gonna burn

Tony wouldn’t stop his crying & Carlos had heard enough

Tony got the feeling that he might be dying

And he used to talk so much shit & act so tough

Carlos took a hard look at Tony

Then he pulled out his knife

He said “You should learn to keep your mouth shut man.”

And Tony started begging for his life

He said “Next time you won’t be so lucky.”

“Don’t even think about talking to the cops”

He left Tony tied up in a bathroom stall

At the next rest stop

 

So this is how it ends – She’ll never see his face again

The reflection in his eyes - Vultures circling in the sky

If you want to twist the knife you’ll have to wait your turn

If you fly to close to the sun you’re gonna burn

They threw the book at Carlos

They gave him 7 years

His mother sat in the back of the court room

And when Carlos was sentenced she just burst into tears

When Carlos made parole he had a green tattoo of Jesus

On his chest with a bleeding crown of thorns

He also had a rose and a banner

With his mother’s name filled in

For whom he still mourns

You could say he learned his lesson

Cause he has regrets about what he did

If you ask Carlos what he was doing time for

He’ll tell ya “I did 7 years for letting that snitch Tony live.”

So this is how it ends – She’ll never see his face again

The reflection in his eyes - Vultures circling in the sky

If you want to twist the knife you’ll have to wait your turn

If you fly to close to the sun you’re gonna burn