Digital Program
Original music inspired by The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle
presents
Original Music Inspired by
Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway: A True Story
April 12, 2025
at Hugo House
Hosted by Wes Weddell
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Original music inspired by The Devil’s Highway by
Luis Alberto Urrea
PERFORMER-PROVIDED LYRICS
Rights to all song lyrics ©/℗ the individual artists, reprinted here—exactly as submitted—with permission
The Go Janes
Devil’s Highway/Scorpion
by Kathleen Tracy, Patrice O’Neill and Arni Adler
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I know how to live in hell
I wait until the night is black
And sift my way from underground
To cross the devil’s highway track
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Cartel gets you in the morning
Cozy up like they’re your friend
Coyote gets you in the afternoon
I get you in the end
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I slip inside this empty shoe
Skitter across these sun baked bones
Slink past a photograph of you
Smell the remains of your last moan
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Cartel gets you in the morning
Cozy up like they’re your friend
Coyote gets you in the afternoon
I get you in the end
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There’s so much left behind for me
So many places left to hide
I thank the devil for the feast
Here in the dust of hope denied
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I know how to live in hell
I wait until the night is black
And there’s no place I’d rather be
Than on the devil’s highway track
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Cartel gets you in the morning
Time to feed the beast again
Coyote gets you in the afternoon
I get you in the end
I get you in the end
I get you in the end
There’s so much left behind for me…
Mark Ippolito
Where Will I Sleep Tonight?
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Where will I sleep tonight?
Where will I sleep tonight?
When I’m over the border
And I think of you
Walk a few more miles
and I will sleep tonight
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Where will you be tonight?
Take our baby in your arms
And hold her tight
Stand by the window
Turn on the lights
That’s where I’ll be tonight
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How did I get here?
How far have I fallen behind?
Why did I leave her?
Do I have what it takes to survive?
Oh, where will I sleep tonight?
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How much longer?
Can I keep one man’s dream alive?
How much longer?
Do I have what it takes to survive?
Oh, will I see you tonight?
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I’m coming home.
I’m coming home.
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Naomi Adele Smith
Eighteen Hundred Dollars
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Reymundo hopes a summer of work
Will cover the cost of a brand new roof
And furniture for his wife
Reymundo Jr. walks with his dad
And vows to pick fruit by his side
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School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
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Edgar will build Claudia’s house
And marry her in 5 years
Enrique left his lucky boots
And Octavia drowned in tears
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1800 dollars for the hope of a better life
13000 pesos, hug your babies, kiss your wife
Hear the rooster’s lie
Walk until you die
You’re already falling – why not try to fly?
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Mario’s family needs a home
He walks for his wife and children
He’s dreaming of a bodega
The kids sell candy and lottery tickets
And Irma’s making tortas for the lunch crowd
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School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
School supplies, new clothes, roof, cement walls
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Julian will fix up his mom’s place,
Wife’s expecting her first
Reyno and Augustina adopted,
Love in their hearts fit to burst
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1800 dollars for the hope of a better life
13000 pesos, hug your babies, kiss your wife
Hear the rooster’s lie
Walk until you die
You’re already falling – why not try to fly?
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Rooster belt, Maria tattoo
Green shirt and socks
Gray comic books
8 liters of water, 8 liters of water each
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1800 dollars for the hope of a better life
13000 pesos, hug your babies, kiss your wife
Hear the rooster’s lie
Walk until you die
You’re already falling – why not try to fly?
Reymundo hopes a summer of work
Will cover the cost of a brand new roof
And furniture for his wife
Reymundo Jr. walks with his dad
And vows to pick fruit by his side.
Riding in the back of your truck
Not a cloud in the sky
Spitting and making mud
Watching for a surprise
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Harsh and faithful sun
Will you speak
What do you know about love
Will you teach me
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Is this the idea
Someone to blame
Carving the face of
A stranger
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There is another world
Inside ours
Angel teaching the bird
To guide us
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Do I have to say it first
What I want to hear
Echo from lover
To enemy
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Are you feeling afraid
Of the sun
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