On a lone south Texas highway just north of a border town
Those old coyotes yip and howl as the sun's goin' down
With her thumb out in the air and a cross around her neck
And a newborn babe in a linen wrap held tight against her chest
A mouthful of dust, blood stains on her shirt
She prays in ragged breaths, while the devil stirs the dirt
She wonders if they'll make it with tears in her tired eyes
As the only set of headlights in three hours rolls on by
Jesus and Marianne
On a Via Dolorosa 50 miles from the Rio Grande
They'll cross to new beginnings
Together till the end
Jesus and Marianne
The landscape's ghostly shadows finally fade to black
It's faith that keeps her goin' cause she knows they can't go back
Back home on down the hallway in the bedroom on the bed
Is a worn out Indian blanket soaked in crimson red
A spilled out fifth of whiskey, gripped in a cold dead hand
The hand that struck her on the cheek time and time again
Beside him on the night stand a Colt .45
5 bullets in the chamber one in his left side
Jesus and Marianne
On a Via Dolorosa 50 miles from the Rio Grande
They'll cross to new beginnings
Together till the end
Jesus and Marianne
Scattered on the dresser were shards of broken glass
A gun belt, a holster, and his badge made of brass
The one he hid behind to justify his ways
And to guard the cartel money stacked in the closet safe
Inside a hollowed bible is where she found the key
The key to her salvation between Ruth and 2nd Kings
And the dozen block of hundreds, meant for the Judge's son
Was the prayer the Lord had answered for them to make a run
Jesus and Marianne
On a Via Dolorosa 50 miles from the Rio Grande
They'll cross to new beginnings
Together till the end
Jesus and Marianne
They found the safe wide open and what was left inside
Was enough to bring that little town in darkness to the light
The walls are flashing blue and red while they taped it off outside
As a truck bound for Brownsville gives Jesus and Marianne a ride
