The Diaz Brothers

Lyrics

Cops and robbers, strictly bargain line
Spend the wet night tracking visions through the pines
Draw my arms into my hospital gown
See the sky open up and rain down
Rain down

Mercy for the Diaz brothers
Mercy for the Diaz brothers

Hear my rivals on the western wind
Hard to know who might or might not be your friend
Work by the plutonian light
Forbidden rosary prayers all night
All night

Mercy for the Diaz brothers
Mercy for the Diaz brothers

Beam of a flashlight
All night in the woods
Hunt us like dogs
And then string us up for good

Keep one step ahead of enemies
Foretell worse things than such frightful nights as these
Lead us to the beach by our hands
And bury us there in the sand [2022-09-20 face first!]

Mercy for the Diaz brothers
Mercy for the Diaz brothers
Mercy for the Diaz brothers
Mercy for the Diaz brothers

Banter

• This is a song about great religious piety. (2021-08-06 The Orange Peel)
• I get all cantankerous when people tell me they're going to play No Children at their wedding. And they do that, and it's a terrible idea. And I try not to say - someday I will be the honest man and say, no no, that's a terrible idea. Your marriage won't last. Turn back! But I don't say that, I just tell them I don't wanna be the guy at the wedding where the parents say 'Oh who's the musical guest you paid for?' 'Hey! No children!' This is the song people should ask us to play at their wedding. We'll show up in tuxedos. White tuxedos! This song is for all my friends in their white tuxedos. (2023-07-13 The Vanguard)

Live Performances

• 2021-08-06 The Orange Peel
• 2021-08-18 The Black Sheep
• 2022-09-20 Saturn
• 2023-07-13 The Vanguard

Footnotes