Esperanza Lyrics

Esperanza peddled favours like the street-wise kid she was

Her words held no meaning, her eyes hid the loss

A mother back in Guatemala, a child she left at one

That was seven years ago today, a ne'er forgotten son

Los pollitos dicen, pio pio pio

Cuando teinan hambre, cuando tienan frio

Her barrio was a wasteland of sex, drugs and crime

Tips she picked up on her way a few pesos at a time

This house provided shelter; strangers gave her warmth

In this squalid halfway station on her journey to the north

Los pollitos dicen, pio pio pio

Cuando teinan hambre, cuando tienan frio

Sweat stains on the sheets so worn, sweat stains on the sheets so worn

Sweat stains on the sheets so worn, sheets so worn.

Here tequila flowed like water, there was music, there was wine

It's hard to put your finger on just when she crossed the line.

The man smiled, he left a banknote, it was green in monochrome

She placed it near her breast for the one she left at home.