Alambrista! Page #2

We'll catch a ride soon.

First we wait for the train.

We hop on that

and ride to Stockton.

We make some money

picking lettuce,

then we get ourselves

some beer and some girls, okay?

Sounds good.

What are we gonna do?

Hit that button.

Ah, it's for the windows.

Hit that button on your right.

Look at that!

Up and down.

Let's go to Florida.

Put your seat belt on.

It's on your right.

- How?

- Just pull it like this.

Let it go all the way back in,

then pull.

Now stick it in there.

Fasten it.

Look at the setup over there.

Put your arm through there.

Okay, here we go!

We're riding in style now.

- What's that for?

- Like the gringos.

Look at this.

This is really great.

It's so comfortable.

- Look in the mirror.

This is really comfortable.

Look at the cars down there.

The train's moving.

Look.

Let's eat here.

Wave hi to the girls.

The one in the pants.

No, don't like that place.

How about somewhere

that serves carnitas?

Let's get some taquitos.

- Uh-oh, cops!

- What?

Get down, man.

don't believe it!

Get down.

Hey, out it out!

Cut it out, man!

Cut it out!

Get this thing off me!

They can't do anything.

They can't catch us up here.

Do like showed you.

You enter my solitude

Your smile lights up my darkness

Your body next to mine

truly do need you

if only for a while

Your passion eases my pain

Hey, you missed some.

Thought you didn't want those.

Yeah, put 'em in the bucket.

Working hard?

Very hard.

Let's go.

One, two, three, four...

...thirteen.

Thirteen?

Then 13 more.

- How's it going?

- See ya around.

Sharon.

What's up, man?

Got another job.

It pays better.

I'm gonna be rollin' in dough now.

What do you think?

What do you think?

Work.

How's it look?

Very nice.

It's going to Mexico.

Tonight give you a scarf

So you'll come dance with me

My hearts full of affection

That gladly offer to you

Tonight your eyes are shining

Like mirrors re?ecting my love

Your smile like the new moon

Playing hide-and-seek

La migra! Out the back!

Illegals!

Anyone without papers!

Out the back!

Stand against the wall.

Any matches or cigarettes?

What's your name?

Roberto what?

Ramirez.

Good-b ye, California

They're taking me away

But'll always carry you with me

God willing, I'll

return very soon

I'm leaving my experiences behind

will return

Dear Lord, grant me this much

Let me have your attention, men.

Please.

You all know...

it costs $200

to get to the U.. to find work.

Right?

Well, you bums got lucky.

You won't have to pay

a single peso.

If you're hard workers

and are really looking to work,

can take you there,

and it won't cost you a peso.

Why would do this?

Because like you so much?

You're all smart guys, right?

can't fool you.

The thing is, there's a strike

going on in Colorado,

and they need men like you

to pick melons.

So if you want,

you can go now and pay later.

The $200 will come

out of your pay.

But that won't be a problem.

Listen, just got back

from Colorado.

They're paying better

than in California.

So how many are interested?

Come on.

Have a beer on me

after you sign up.

Want to go too.

I'm a hard worker,

and have a daughter.

Let me finish with the men first.

Then I'll see what can do, okay?

Don't worry.

It's just on the other side, see?

The worst is over.

Tomorrow morning

a truck will pick you up

and take you to Colorado,

where you'll make good money.

So relax for now,

and by tomorrow...

you'll be making good money.

Get up. Come on.

Get up. On your feet.

The food's here.

Alberto!

Ramirez!

That's my dad!

This is where your father lived.

It's not much.

A broken-down bus.

- They always live like this?

- Sometimes, man.

This is where your old man lived.

What's that?

This is all he left behind.

He could read English.

Oh yeah.

He spoke it well.

- What's this?

- Glycerin.

- What for?

- It's medicine for his heart.

He was sick, poor guy.

A postcard.

What's this?

A letter.

That's not my mother.

He was married here to...

Look, this is a $50 money order

from Alberto Ramirez

to Mrs. Grace Ramirez.

That was her name.

They don't live far from here.

Can take you there if you'd like.

It's just a few hours.

Don't like this food.

Don't like this food.

Wanna go home!

Wanna go home!

It's good food.

- Don't like it.

- Look, beans.

They're good and fresh.

Good fresh beans

and tortillas.

Don't like this food!

With tortillas?

They're good beans.

Don't like this food!

- Help me, boss!

- What am supposed to do?

Help me!

Get me outta here now!

Eat something, man.

You're gonna get sick.

Eat something.

Want to leave.

Right now!

You can leave tomorrow.

Want to go now.

- Have a taco.

Don't wanna eat.

wanna leave right now.

Don't wanna be here.

We'll work a few days,

and then we'll go.

Just wait.

What can we do without money?

Don't want to be here!

How are you?

Where are you going?

- Back to Mexico.

You have papers?

You'll have to come with me.

Do you have papers?

Are you sick?

What's going on, ma'am?

What's the problem?

Are you sick, ma'am?

MY baby's coming!

This woman is having a baby!

Cover her up.

A little more.

You're almost there.

- My baby!

Do you want

an ambulance, ma'am?

There, it's out.

It's a boy.

Is my baby all right?

Let me see him.

Lift him up so she can see him.

My son.

He's a little man.

He was born here.

My son will have papers.

He can work here,

back and forth.

Yes, he was born here, sweetie.

Went up north as an alambrista

Not knowing what to expect

Back on the farm left behind

My daughter, my wife,

and my poor mother

One night, like a little deer

crossed over from

Tijuana to San Diego

La migra caught

almost all of us

God knows how got away

don't know how did it,

but here am

to tell the tale...

In the fields met other pollos

Who taught me all the ropes

Like how to order ham and eggs

in English with a smile

Beta and Joe taught me that

Joe was a good friend to me

And took me

with him to Stockton

Hanging on for dear life

beneath a train

Poor Joe met his fate

on those tracks

was lost

on the streets of Stockton

When a waitress

defended me from attack

And almost stayed with Sharon

Who shared her house

and her affection with me

picked grapes and cucumbers

And sent money

back home to my wife

But la migra

nabbed me at a dance

And landed back in Tijuana

Like the wind

beneath a starry sky

Me and some others

crossed the desert

A gringo rancher had hired us

And a coyote

took us to Colorado

Beneath a sun the color

of copper and blood

worked as a scab

ask the Virgin '5 forgiveness

For any harm caused others

There came across my father

His heart ca I've out

night in the fields

He never knew was at his side

The son he'd abandoned

Little dove

flying home to my land

I'm flying night behind you

I'm going back to see my family

And lay my heart at their feet

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