They Sent A Taxi For Tomas Rivera

They sent a taxi for Tomas Rivera
but he was lost in East LA
parece que se lo trago la tierra.

They sent a taxi for Ricardo
but he was nowhere to be found
la muerte es un bastardo.

They sent a taxi for Max Martinez
but he was sound asleep
y se lo llevaron sin sus calcetines.

They sent a taxi for my friend Cecilio
he was in the mountains of New Mexico
pero hallaron su domicillo.

They sent a taxi for my friend Jim
but he was far away hunting buffalo
and I’ll be damned if death didn’t find him.

So my advice to you and to myself
is to stay put
until a taxi comes for death itself!