Lyr Add: Songs of Tish Hinojosa

Subject: ADD: Songs of Tish Hinojosa
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 09:59 PM

Somebody reminded me of Tish Hinojosa the other day, and I though it would be good reason to post a few of her songs. I've always enjoyed her singing, although I think the last time I saw her perform was in the 1990s. She's 65 now. Her Website used to have lots of lyrics, but there aren't so many there now. https://www.mundotish.com/

Wikipedia says Tish Hinojosa was born December 6, 1955, in San Antonio Texas, the youngest of 13 children. Her parents were immigrants from Mexico.

Here's her discography, also from Wikipedia:

• 1987 Taos to Tennessee, Self-release, re-released in 1992
• 1989 Homeland, A&M Records
• 1990 Memorabilia Navideña, Cassette E.P. – Self Release
• 1991 Aquella Noche, Watermelon Records
• 1992 Culture Swing, Rounder Records
• 1994 Destiny's Gate, Warner Bros. Records
• 1995 Frontejas, Rounder Records
• 1996 Cada Niño/Every Child, Rounder Records
• 1996 Dreaming From The Labyrinth/Soñar del Laberinto, Warner Bros. Records
• 1996 Soñar del Laberinto, Warner Bros. Records
• 1997 The Best of the Sandia: Watermelon 1991–1992, Rounder Records
• 2000 Sign of Truth, Rounder Records, Rounder Records
• 2003 Best of Tish Hinojosa – Live, Rounder Records
• 2003 From Texas for a Christmas Night, Lone Star Records
• 2005 A Heart Wide Open, Valley Entertainment[4]
• 2006 Retrospective, Varèse Sarabande
• 2008 Our Little Planet, CRS (Varèse Sarabande)
• 2013 After the Fair, Varèse Sarabande
• ...a Music and Information Digest, Promo CD

Tish also released a CD on CDBaby, My Homeland, in 2019

Subject: Songs of Tish Hinojosa
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 10:12 PM

I found archive copies of lyrics for some Tish Hinojosa albums that are no longer available at her Website, https://www.mundotish.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20050208213104/http://www.mundotish.com/lyrics.html
The lyrics are sloppy, so Monique and I will be taking some time to correct and enhance them.
I wouldn't ordinarily put such large quantities in a thread at one time, but they're no longer available on the Web and I thought it would be worthwhile to have them. In general, we like to have just one song per message, not an entire album's worth.

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Subject: Lyrics: Homeland (1989) Tish Hinojosa
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:04 PM

These lyrics from the archive of the Tish Hinojosa Website are pretty sloppy. We'll correct them sooner or later. Note that Tish published an album in 2019 called My Homeland. At first glance, it seems like all the songs are the same. In the two albums. for now, I don't know if the 2019 is a reissue of the 1989 album, or a re-recording.


Homeland
1989, A&M Records


Joaquin

Joaquin shed a tear for the treason
But who'd hear his desperate cry?
He learned to speak English from tourists
And reading by kerosene light
He couldn't afford education
But something was burning inside
He heard things were good in America
And that's what had been on his mind
I met him when I was travelin'
Through Mexico one summer day
Eyes twice as old as the young man
Who taught me a lesson in faith
Fate made him poor but he knew there was more
Though I never did see him again
I know somewhere in America
Joaquin must've found him a place
Chorus:
Joaquin loves his homeland
But it can't give him enough
He wants a good life, a job, and wife
And some children with dreams that come true
Moonless night crossing the badlands
echo: Ayúdame Dios (Help me God)
Sign of the cross o'er his chest
echo: Mi vida mi fe (My life my faith)
Pounding heart racing 'til sunrise
Mile after mile without rest
Back at the border there's papers
But politics get in the way
It may not be right but they take through the night
Some pay for the dream with their lives.



West Side of Town

Felipe was a young man when he crossed the Rio Grande
Headin' north to Texas where he grew into a man
He fixed cars and worked the wars and raised a family
San Antonio was home on the West Side of Town
Young Maria dreamed of singin' in a concert hall
Past the plaza and the village church adobe wall
Hard times stole her innocence but drove the woman's heart
San Antonio bound to the West Side of Town
Chorus:
She was proud and lived on faith
He was strong in his own way
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way
Felipe lost his first wife in 1943
Seven growing children and desperately in need
Maria came to look for work and found her destiny
With one child of her own to the west side on town
They were married years went by and now we were thirteen
Days were good and days were bad but mostly they were lean
School and shoes and food and books believin' in a prayer
God must know his way 'round on the West Side of Town
Chorus
We would go to Mexico and Mama she would cry
For the things we'll never know she had to leave behind
Sisters, brother know too well what memories can do
Climbin' up when you're down from the West Side of Town
Daddy never owned a house but build a strong foundation
Mama bought her own damn house with self-determination
They're both gone but I know that they're listening to this song
'Neath the San Fernando ground on the West Side of Town
Chorus
Last Chorus
Peregrinos de ayer (Pilgrims from yesterday)
Del destino y la fe (Through destiny and faith)
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way

Donde Voy (Where I Go)

Madrugada me ve corriendo
(Daybreak finds me running)
Bajo cielo que empieza color
(Under a sky that's beginning to color)
No me salgas sol a nombrarme
(Sun please don't expose me)
A la fuerza de "la migración"
(To the force of the INS)
Un dolor que siento en el pecho
(The pain that I feel in my chest)
Es mi alma que hiere de amor
(Is my heart that hurts with love)
Pienso en ti y tus brazos que esperan
(I think of you and your arms that wait)
Tus besos y tu pasión
(Your kisses and your passion)
Chorus:
Donde voy, donde voy
(Where I go, where I go)
Esperanza es mi destinación
(Hope is my destination)
Solo estoy, solo estoy
(I'm alone, I'm alone)
Por el monte prófugo me voy
(Through the woodland, a fugitive, I go)
Días semanas y meses
(Days, weeks, and months)
Pasan muy lejos de ti
(Pass far away from you)
Muy pronto te llega un dinero
(Soon you'll receive some money)
Yo te quiero tener junto a mí
(I want to have you near me)
El trabajo me llena las horas
(Work fills my hours)
Tu risa no puedo olvidar
(Your laughter I can't forget)
Vivir sin tu amor no es vida
(To live without your love isn't living)
Vivir de prófugo es igual
(To live as a fugitive is the same)

In The Night

Runnin', burning'
And the lonesome whistle blows
In the night, in the night
There's a border moon a risin'
I can hear that white freight line
Lyin', cryin'
Like an earth-bound eagle yearnin'
In the night, in the night
Wanna leave the tears that bind me
On a rusty rail road sign
Chorus:
I've been hearing stories
I've been sittin' scared
By the mood above denying
I could ever dare
Board a broken angel
On a one-way track
Faster than the devil trailin'
Trying to take me back
Take it, make it
All along a freedom flight
In the night, in the night
No more lyin' dreamin' cryin' wishin'
I had wings to fly

Love Is On Our Side

Show me someone helping out a friend
Show me a broken man standing up again
Show me a smile in ancient eyes
I'll say love is on our side
See the little baby in her mother's arms
Daddy wants a shelter keeping her from harm
When the storm gets closer we realize
That love is on our side
Chorus:
We're all on that train
There's where hope begins
Take a look around you tell me what you see
Listen to the dreamers sound like you and me
See the working hands join to rise
I'll say that love is on our side
Chorus
Waiting on the fringes for the world to end
Who is going to save us who is gonna win
And beyond the headlines the answer lies
That love is on our side

All My Love

Times may be trying our bindings
Hard days may steal half our smile
This world goes by in a hurry
Kind words are farther and few
Sometimes the going gets rocky
Somewhere in memories we share
There's still a sweet place I never will forget
I made a promise to you
Chorus:
I'll be on your side when the times get thinner
I'm the one believin' it's true
I would bet my heart you will be a winner
All my love I give to you
Though every kiss isn't thunder anymore
Still our river runs long and deep
When winter winds chill our old bones
You'll burn the home fire in me
Instrumental
Times may be trying our bindings
Kind words are farther and few
There's still a sweet place I never will forget
I made a promise to you
Chorus:
I'll be on your side when the times get thinner
I'm the one believin' it's true
I would bet my heart you will be a winner
All my love I give
All my love I give
All my love I give to you

Till You Love Me Again

First Chorus:
Till you love me again
Till you learn what you're missin'
I'm not waiting in line
But I'm saving my kissin'
I'm just letting you know
I don't wanna let go
My heart set on one thing
Till you love me again
Days don't go by I don't think of
Words of love you used to say
Second Chorus:
Till you love me again
I won't say that it's over
You can know other girls
But it won't bring you closer
To the place that you've been
And you won't find another
My heart's set on one thing
Till you love me again
I was a fool and I fell in
Now I must wait patiently
You'll find each road that you're taking
Is gonna lead back to me
First Chorus:



Voice Of The Big Guitar

Round-up's the same year after year
Where ever you are
But a cowboy's heart belongs to the night
In the voice of the big guitar
Wranglin' or ropin' the job doesn't care
When your mind wanders there
To a lady in town and a star in the night
Where the wind and the coyotes howl

Chorus:
Yippi ta ya yo
Yippi ta ya ye
And a cowboy's heart belongs to the night
In the voice of the big guitar
Dust from the dogies burns hot in the day
Sand and sun in your eyes
Sore in the saddle and thinking of you
And the nights with you in sight
Chorus:
Instrumental
The mood is a dancin' the stars are romancin'
This wrangler from afar
Our love was born of the prairie and stars
To the voice of the big guitar
Chorus:
Tag:
Our love was born of the prairie and stars
To the voice of the big guitar

Rancherita (Little Ranch Girl)

Rancherita cantaré tu melodía
(Rancherita, I will sing your melody)
Bajo cielo estrellado
(under a starry sky)
Bajo luz de tu balcón
(Beneath your balcony light)
Rancherita a tu puerta ven y mira
(Rancherita, come look through your door)
Con ojitos de mis sueños
(With those eyes of my dreams)
Ahí te va mi corazón
(To you I send my heart)
Chorus:
Serenata de un ranchero enamorado
(Serenade of a lovesick cowboy)
Con guitarra cantará de su pasión
(With a guitar singing his passion)
Rancherita a tu puerta ven y mira
(Rancherita, come look through your door)
Con ojitos de mis sueños
(With those eyes of my dreams)
Ahí te va mi corazón
(To you I send my heart)

Who Showed You The Way To My Heart

Tell me, how did you know just where to find me?
I thought I left love far behind me so
Who showed you the way to my heart?
Some say love comes and goes and it's a fool's play
But something tells me that you're here to stay
Who showed you the way to my heart?
Chorus:
What was it I didn't see?
Who showed you how to believe
I couldn't say where I'd been
You taught me loving again
I know love finds a place to grow and then waits
For those who take it slow but even so
Who showed you the way to my heart?
Vida tú eres mi hogar mi senda quisiste caminar
(Dearest you are my home, my path you choose to walk)
Siempre serás el fuego en mi corazón
(You'll always be the fire in my heart)
Chorus:
Antes que te conocí
(Before I met you)
Yo el amor despedí
(I had bid love farwell)
Cómo fuiste encontrar
(How was it you found)
Mi alma en la obscuridad
(My soul in the darkness)
Tell me how did you know just where to find me
I thought I left love far behind me so
Who showed you the way to my heart?
El camino a mi corazón
(The way to my heart)
Who showed you the way to my heart?

Let Me Remember

Let me remember how I loved you
Let me remember yesterday
My dream of you once just an ember
The winds of time fanned to a flame
Let me remember how I loved you
I guess it's where I'll always stay
I know it's my own heart I'm breakin'
Let me remember my own way
Chorus:
Time marches on through right or wrong
And never looks that way again
I'll hold on to that me and you
And to the place it all began
Your city's streets became by daydreams
Those starry nights I'll have to blame
For since we kissed under your moonlight
I've never seen them shine the same
Let me remember how I loved you
I guess it's where I'll, where I'll always stay
I know it's my own heart I'm breakin'
Let me remember
Let me remember
Let me remember my own way

Amanecer (Daybreak)

Amanecer, sueño inquieto se va
(Daybreak restless sleep leaves you)
Entre tinieblas de ayer despiertas
(Between obscure thoughts of yesterday you wake)
Ves la mañana nacer
(And see birth of morning)
Aquel amor lejos de ti estará
(That love may be far from you)
Entre recuerdos la noche pasa
(In memories the night passes)
Lágrimas por mí serán
(Are those tears for me?)
Chorus:
Te cantaré un verso
(I'll sing you a verse)
Llenando el silencio de tu soledad
(To fill the silence of your loneliness)
Simple melodía deseando a tu vida
(simple melody -to wish your life)
Felicidad (Happiness)
Canción de amor a la salida del sol
(A song of love to the rising sun)
Una acuarela pintando el cielo
(Watercolors painting the sky)
Este regalo te doy
(This gift I give you)
Mi corazón siempre estará junto a ti
(My heart will always be by your side)
De madrugada mi sueño sabe
(At dawn my dreams know)
Que estás pensando de mí
(That you are thinking of me)

Subject: Lyrics: From Texas for a Christmas Night (Hinojosa
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:19 PM

From Texas For A Christmas Night Lyrics
Lone Star Records, 2003

From Texas For A Christmas Night
by Tish Hinojosa

Angel wings and candle light from Texas for a Christmas night
In my mind a western sky fills my heart with stars inside it
A tale of hope from long ago still glistens like new fallen snow
Boughs of green and songs of old make the season glow

(chorus)
Children spy through frosty windows til their sleepy eyes
take them to a place we wish we'd never left behind
From here the world could be so right, dreams come true and reindeer fly
Kiss me 'neath the mistletoe, make the season so

Milagro
by Tish Hinojosa, Robert Skiles, and Jan Bosarth

(chorus)

Milagro milagro es la esperanza, milagro nuestro es la Navidad
(miracle miracle is hope, miracle of ours is Christmas)

(repeat)

A miracle on earth came forth from common birth
milagro of hope esperanza, we learn from that Navidad
the story of love from a manger to keep us alive, hold it inside,
the heart and soul of Christmas
Love and hope and peace like boughs upon a tree
We ornament with good intentions and promise that we believe
to talk from the heart to each other, and open our eyes, keep it inside
The symbol of Christmas day

(chorus)

No matter where you're from, you may have a different look
We're here to tell our own story, our life is an open book
We're here to discover the one thing, that keeps us alive
holds it inside, the wonder of Christmas day
(chorus)

Arbolito
(little Christmas tree - spanish version)
by Tish Hinojosa

Arbolito, tengo siete años, tengo pecas, yo te los regalo
Viene mamacita con luces y esferas para vestirte y ayudo,
Pero, no me deja con los icicles

La cocina de comadres manos, chocolate tamales y ajo
Dónde está mi madrina y Santo Clos, no son los regalos que quiero,
Solo el paquete, para adivinar

(chorus):

Dónde pasan los años y sueños y abrazos viejo Navidad
Amistades parientes y el Andy Williams con noche de paz
Arbolito qué brillante estás!

Arbolito tengo quince años, tu estrella ya mero alcanzo
Lo que yo deseo es secreto, te digo, se llama,
Ay mamá mira mi hermana no deja con los icicles

(chorus)

Arbolito, tengo treinta y algo, cuántas veces hemos platicado
No mijita, pon las esferas, verdad que parece Better Homes magazine,
No me importa, son mis icicles
(chorus)

In A Christmas Dream
by Walter Hyatt

In a Christmas dream I see children's eyes that ask of love from you and me
People being kind to each other, neighbors treating strangers just like brothers
In a Christmas dream I hear voices singing carols sweet and clear
Peace on earth, good will to man, I'm so glad to hear that song again
(chorus)
Christmas time comes but once a year, let it fill our hearts,
let it linger there
Peace on earth, Christmas time is here, let it be the dream we all can share
In a Christmas dream I hear angels saying brush away the fear
Hope is burning with a steady flame, I'm so hoping your dream is the same

Building # 9
by Tish Hinojosa

There was a baby born in building # 9
I heard the grandma cry I heard the mama sigh
You ain't got no daddy but I'll give you pride she said
Well her teeth ain't perfect but she's got a smile
Tho' the nights are cold and the neighbors wild
Building # 9 is the pillow for her head

(chorus):
Brothers, sisters 'round the tree, God don't need a spot on TV
He's an angel about to turn five, her name is Jesse
In building # 9

Gold trimmed Jesus I'm kneeling here, I've stayed away, yeah, it's been years
Do they still come back when the Christmas nears
Do they feel the sadness that I'm feeling now, do they know that Jesse is your baby child
Do they drop a dollar say forgive me Lord, got my shopping list and my credit card

(chorus)

I don't know Jesse but I've seen her face on a Christmas card, in a bitter place
Sadness stalks her heart but still she's gonna shine
Cause life is hope and hope is good, and God knows every neighborhood
Jesse's good and Jesse's wise, and Jesse lives in building # 9

A La Nanita Nana
(traditional)

A la nanita nana nanita ea nanita ea

Mi Jesús tiene sueño bendito sea, bendito sea
(my Jesus is sleepy blessed is he, blessed is he)

(repeat)

Fuentecita que corre clara y sonora
(little fountain that runs clear weeping singing)

Ruiseñor que en la selva cantando llora
(nightingale in the jungle, singing it weeps)

Calla mientras la cuna se balancea
(hush while the cradle balances)

A la nanita nana nanita ea

Hanukia
(traditional sephardic - jewish hanuka song)

Mos vieve la fiesta de la hanukia, a todos mosos hinche de alegria
La mujer nunca manca de su taria, por que a ella encombe hanukia
Los hasmonaim en este luzio dia mostraron sus tan grande baragania
Y siempre de ellos nos acordaremos y al Dio grande beniseremos
Que placer ya es para las criaturas, quando vienen a recibir dulsurias
Los tan grandes jugeticos de el padre, y las tan luzias caresas de la madre
El Dio mos salvo de tanta gran dolor, El sea siempre muestro grande Salvador
No tengamos nunca mal ni hasinura que nomos ni nunca ningun amargura

(repeat verse 1)

Everything You Wish
by Tish Hinojosa

There's some things we cannot see but we feel and we believe
Touch the wind and you will know what I mean
There's a story in your eyes, there's a dream down deep inside
Where the moonlight shines on sweet memories

(chorus)

Every heart's a keeper of everything we need
I'm the proud receiver of what you've given me
Tho' to love ain't nothin new, lovin right I learned from you
Everything you wish is my wish too

Arbolito (little christmas tree)
by Tish Hinojosa

Arbolito this year I am seven, I have freckles, I would let you have them
There comes mamacita with ornaments and with lights to dress you I help her, but
She won't leave me with the icicles
From the kitchen, cooking las comadres, I smell chocolate, garlic and tamales
Where is my godmother and Santa Claus, no it's not the presents I want, you know,
Yes it's just the packages to guess

(chorus)

Arbolito I'm fifteen years old now, I can almost reach to put your star on
What I wish for Christmas this year is a secret, his name is - Ay mamá mira! (Mom, look!)
My sister won't let me have the icicles!

(chorus)

Arbolito, now I'm thirty something, how familiar is our yearly talking
No, mijita(daughter), you put the ornaments, does it look like Better Homes magazine?
Aw, come on now, they're my icicles!

La Vaca Mariposa
(the cow and butterfly)
traditional Christmas song from Ecuador

La vaca Mariposa tuvo un bebé, un becerrito lindo como nené
(the cow, butterfly, had a baby, a little calf lovely as a child

Dámelo papaíto dicen los niños cuando lo ven correr
(give him to me, say the children when they see him run)

Que ya no esconde por los pogotes que no se ve
(he no longer can hide behind the brush when he plays)

La vaca Mariposa tuvo un bebé, la sabana le ofrece reverdecer
(the cow, butterfly had a baby, she offers to change the grass where he lays)

Los arroyitos todos le llevan flores en el atardecer
(the streams bring him flowers in the evening)

Que ya no esconde por los pogotes que no se ve
(and he no longer can hide in the brush where he can't be seen)

(chorus)

Y los pericos van y el gavilán también
(and the parrots come and the falcon too)

Con frutas criollas hasta el caney para él
(with creole fruits to make a feast for him)

Y Mariposa está que no sabe qué hacer
(and butterfly doesn't know what to do)

Porque ella sabe la suerte de él
(because she knows what his future holds)

La vaca Mariposa tuvo un bebé
La vaca Mariposa tuvo un bebé
La vaca Mariposa tuvo un bebé

Silent Night
by Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber

Silent Night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin, mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Noche de paz, noche de amor, todo duerme, enredor
Entre los astros que esparcen su luz
Viene anunciando al niño Jesús
Brilla estrella de paz
Brilla estrella de paz

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, alles schläft, einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar
Holder Knabe in lockigen Haar
Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh
Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh

Subject: Lyrics: The Best of Tish Hinojosa Live
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:22 PM

The Best of Tish Hinojosa Live
Rounder Records, 2003


LAUGHING RUNS THE RIVER/RIENDO CORRE EL RÍO
By Tish Hinojosa

Intro to "Laughing River". Excerpt from "La Llorona" (the Weeping Woman") traditional Mexican folksong.

Salías del templo un día; Llorona
(you were leaving the temple one day, Llorona)
Cuando al pasar yo te vi
(As I passed I saw you)
(Repeat)
Hermoso huipil llevavas Llorona
(A beautiful shawl you wore, Llorona)
Que La Virgen te creí
(That I believed you to be the Virgin)
Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre
Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre
Bridge
Cuéntame de las montañas, de tu empezar
Cuéntame de piedra y pena que llevas al mar
Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre
Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre
Running running, laughing river
Laughing river running
Tell me of the highland mountains that your eyes have seen
Tell me of the stones and sorrows you take to the sea
Running running, laughing river
Laughing river running
Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

© + (P) 1996 WB Music/ Maverick Music/ Manazo Music

AQUELLA NOCHE
(That certain night)
By Tish Hinojosa

Será, pase la mirada
(Could be, the look could pass)
De amor en la madrugada
(Of love at dawn)
Que ves que el fuego ya se fue?
(What, do you see the fire gone out)
No, mi corazón yo te llevaré
(No my love, I'll take you there)
(Chorus)
Dime que me quieres
(Tell me that you love me)
Como aquella noche
(Like that certain night)
Con aquellos besos en aquel lugar
(With those kisses at that certain place)
Píntame montaña y monte
(Paint me mountain and woodland)
Estrellado el horizonte
(star filled horizon)
Dime como aquella noche
(Tell me like that night)
Dime con amor
(Tell me with love)
Vendrá risa sonriente
(It shall come that smile)
En brisa suave por la frente
(On a breeze soft upon your face)
Verás otro amanacer
(You'll see a different daybreak)
Con solo dos palabras de nuestro ayer
(With only two words from our yesterday)

Taos to Tennessee
By Tish Hinojosa

I've been on a one track
Guess there's no more looking back without you
I've known loneliness before
Here it's knockin' at my door again
What's been done and what's been said
One love's gone and my head's all for leavin'
Taos is home but signs look good
And my mind's on that road to Tennessee

CHORUS
Western sky shinin' warm upon my back
Save a fiery setting sun for me
Misty eye needs a starry southern night
To shine a trail from Taos to Tennessee

Times are fast, dreams move slow
Nashville and New Mexico's the same
And if I could have my way
I'd take your love when I leave town today
Mountain sage desert pine
How I hate to leave it all behind
Southern ways are new to me
For a song it's where I wanna be
Chorus

In the Real West
By Tish Hinojosa

It's the way of life in the real west
'Neath a prairie moon that's heaven blessed
And a tall boot shuffle on a wooden floor
It's a clean white shirt on a Saturday night
And a long cold beer that's pure delight
And if you heard me say it, well there's a whole lot more
Chorus
It's the way of life in the real west
I'm a city girl but I must confess
I'd be a cowboy angel and I know what for
It's the way of life in the real west
Where your time is yours when the sun sets
And the stars rise up to light the western sky
Laredo up north to Cimarron
If I'm lost, you know I've gone
To where the spurs that jingle are the workin' kind
It's the way of life in the real west
And if I had my way I guess
I'd ride and rope and wrangle till the day I die
Chorus
© 1992 Manazo Music (ASCAP)

BANDERA DE SOL
(Flag of the sun)
By Tish Hinojosa

Brinde a ti brinde a mí que estamos aquí
Que banderas son nuestro creer
Somos tú somos yo y la fuerza de dos
Banderas de nuestro poder
Decisión de razón mano sobre corazón
Bajo luz de bandera del sol
Decisión de razón mano sobre corazón
Bajo luz de bandera del sol
Brinde a tierra y paz fuerza de humanidad
Bajo luz de bandera del sol

Here's to you here's to me as we stand on our feet
While flags wave above our desires
We are me, we are you with the power of two
A banner of hope set on fire
A decision to start, hand held over our heart
'Neath the light of the flag of the sun
A decision to start, hand held over our heart
'Neath the light of the flag of the sun
Here's to earth and to peace, faith in humanity
'Neath the light of the flag of the sun

Brinde a tierra y paz fuerza de humanidad
Bajo luz de bandera del sol
'Neath the light of the flag of the sun
Bajo luz de bandera del sol

*Translation note: the English lyrics paraphrase the Spanish lyrics

© 1991, Manazo Music

DONDE VOY
(Where I go)
by Tish Hinojosa

Madrugada me ve corriendo
(Daybreak finds me running)
Bajo cielo que empieza color
(Under a sky that's beginning to color)
No me salgas sol a nombrarme
(Sun please don't expose me)
A la fuerza de "la migración"
(To the force of the INS)
Un dolor que siento en el pecho
(The pain that I feel in my chest)
Es mi alma que llora de amor
(Is my heart that hurts for love)
Pienso en ti y tus brazos que esperan
(I think of you and your arms that wait)
Tus besos y tu pasión
(Your kisses and your passion)
(Chorus)
Donde voy, donde voy
(Where I go, where I go)
Esperanza es mi destinación
(Hope is my destination)
Solo estoy, solo estoy
(I'm alone, I'm alone)
Por el monte prófugo me voy
(Through the woodland, a fugitive, I go)
Días semanas y meses
(Days, weeks and months)
Pasan muy lejos de ti
(Pass far away from you)
Muy pronto te llega dinero
(Soon you'll receive some money)
Yo te quiero tener junto a mí
(I want to have you near me)
El trabajo me llena las horas
(Work fills my hours)
Tu risa no puedo olvidar
(Your laughter I can't forget)
Vivir sin tu amor no es vida
(To live without your love isn't living)
Vivir de prófugo es igual
(To live as a fugitive is the same)

SOMETHING IN THE RAIN
By Tish Hinojosa

Mom and dad have worked the fields, I don't know how many years
I'm just a boy but I know how, and go to school when work is slow
We have seen our country's road, Bakersfield from Illinois
And when troubles come our way, oh yeah, I've seen my daddy pray.
There's something wrong with little sister, I hear her cryin' by my side
Mama's shaking as she holds her; we try to hold her through the night
And mom says close you eyes mijito, dream of someplace far from here
Like the pictures in your schoolbooks, someday you can take us there
There must be something in the rain
I'm not sure what that means
Abuelita talks of sins of man, of dust that's in our hands
There must be something in the rain
well what else could cause this pain
Those airplanes cure the plants so things can grow
Oh no, it must be something in the rain
Little sister's gone away. Mama's workin' long again
And me I think I understand about our life about our land
Well, talkers talk and dreamers dream; I will find a place between
I'm afraid but I believe that we can change these hurting fields
Cause there's something in the rain but there's more here in our hands
'Buelita's right about the sins of man whose profits rape the land
And the rains are pouring down from the growers to the towns
And until we break the killing chains
There's something in the rain&

© 1990 Manazo Music (ASCAP)

ROSES AROUND MY FEET
By Tish Hinojosa

You've known the distance
From sea to field of green
I've traded mountains for a dream
Some hearts lay broken
By love's unanswered prayers
Words fall like roses
Through the air
Roses around my feet are telling me somethin'
Roses around my feet
I used to feel nothin'
No grieving for me
These thorns that make us bleed
No lies just reasons to believe
Roses around my feet
Are telling me somethin'
Roses around my feet I used to feel nothin'
Spanish bridge:
Cántame canción de amores
(sing me songs of love)

No me estés echando flores
(don't throw flowers to me)

Quiero solamente la verdad
(I want only the truth)

I'M NOT THROUGH LOVIN' YOU YET

By Tish Hinojosa

I'm over listenin' to your alibis
I'm over listenin' to your silver tongued lies
I'm still infatuated and where my hearts related
I'm not through lovin' you yet
Love and romance have had the best of me
I've followed blindly though I've clearly seen
You walk the line unnetted and I'm the one who said it
I'm not through lovin' you yet

I may stand by but I'm no fool
There's more than one way 'round the rules
Someday the tide is gonna change
And you'll be wonderin' where I've been

Sometimes the hunter's line falls prey
Back to the one that got away
It comes back uninvited and you're not gonna fight it
I'm not through lovin' you yet

I may stand by but I'm no fool
There's more than one way 'round the rules
Someday the tide is gonna change
And you'll be wonderin' where I've been

© 1994 Manazo Music/ Maverick Music

SHE'S A HIGHWAY
By Tish Hinojosa

She's a highway, she believes
Every road is destiny
If you heard a distant call
Would you ever leave it all

She's a highway she's the sea
She has been a friend to me
Left behind a heart so frail
Felt the wind rise in my sail

She's a highway just like me
Blows my mind she looks so free
Every mile under my feet
Makes a difference and I see
She's a highway

(Chorus)
On and on the white lanes role
Tell my wheels which way to go
What I learned from yesterday
Every heartache paved the way
She's a highway

(Instrumental)

She's a highway she's the sky
Wings of steel that need to fly
For tomorrow cannot lie
Holds no sorrow no goodbye
She's a high way
She's a high way
She's a high way

OTRA VEZ
(ONCE AGAIN)
By Tish Hinojosa

Quiero ver otra vez
(I want to see, once again)
Tus ojitos de noche serena
(Your sweet eyes of nights serenity)
Quiero oír otra vez
(I want to hear, once again)
Tus palabras calmando mi pena
(Your words calming my troubles)
Quiero ser otra vez
(I want to be, once again)
La que agita la paz de tu sueño
(The one who awakens the peace of your sleep)
Con la voz amorosa
(With a voice of love)
De un cariño borracho de ensueño
(Of affection in intoxicating dreams)
(Chorus)
Y quisiera sobre todo
(And I like above all else)
Un poquito de esperanza
(A bit of hope)
Tú te has vuelto muy esquivo
(You have become very evasive)
Muy esquivo
(Very evasive)
Y muy dado a la desconfianza
(And given to mistrust)
No hay razón dulce bien
(There's no sweet love)
De que me trates como un extraño
(That you should treat me like a stranger)
Siempre soy la que he sido
(I am as I've always been)
No me pagues con un desengaño
(Don't pay me with betrayal)
Mira amor me harías mucho daño
(My love, you would do me much harm)


CON SU PLUMA EN SU MANO
(With his pen in his hand)
By Tish Hinojosa

Con su permiso quiero cantarles
(With your permission I want to sing to you)
Aquí un corrido sin tristeza ni maldad
(Here a ballad without sadness or malice)
Con pluma firme muy fronterizo
(With pen held firmly, very frontierlike)
Sin miedo nos forjó nuevo pensar
(Without fear he forged for us a new way of thinking)
En Brownsville Tejas mil nueve y quince
(In Brownsville Texas Nineteen hundred fifteen)
Américo Paredes fue a empezar
(Américo Paredes began)
Su vida y a los quince años
( His life and at fifteen years)
Ya dejó su inocencia atrás
(He left his innocence behind)
Sus ojos vieron cosas que hay
(His eyes saw things that have)
Que recontar
(To be recounted)
(Chorus)
Con su pluma en su mano
(With his pen in his hand)
Corazón de fiel chicano
(Heart of true chicano)
Mexico-americano
(Mexican American)
Muchos cuentos fue a cambiar
(Many tales he changed)
Con su pluma en su mano
(With his pen in his hand)
Con paciencia y sin temor
(with patience and without fear)
Escribió muchas verdades
(He wrote many truths)
Y respeto nos ganó
(And won respect for us)
Se fue la guerra viajó el mundo
(He went to the war traveled the world)
Después se continuó a educar
(Later he continued his education)
En Austin Tejas poco nerviosos
(In Austin Texas a little nervous)
Se pusieron los de la universidad
(Those at the university became)
Palabras justas bien presentadas
(Words of justice well presented)
Aparecieron y así fue a llegar
(Appeared and that's how he became)
Doctorado y decorado
(Doctorated and decorated)
Que hasta México lo fue a honrar
(That even Mexico was to honor him)
Tantas canciones me ha enseñado
(So many songs he has taught me)
Por ser músico poeta y locutor
(By being muscician poet and radio announcer)
Yo guardaré siempre un tesoro
(I'll always guard a treasure
Las historias de ese amable profesor
(The stories of that friendly professor)
Un gran maestro no se retira
(A great teacher doesn't retire)
Y es por eso que aquí les vengo a dar
(And that's why I'm here to bring you)
Este corrido porque yo he sido
(This ballad because I've been)
También alumna de Don Américo
(Also a student of Don Américo)

WEST SIDE OF TOWN
By Tish Hinojosa

Felipe was a young boy when he crossed the Rio Grande
Headin' north to Texas where he grew into a man
He fixed cars and worked the wars and raised a family
San Antonio was home on the West Side of Town
Young Maria dreamed of singing' in a concert hall
Past the plaza and village church adobe wall
Hard times stole her innocence but drove the woman's heart
San Antonio bound to the West Side of Town
Chorus:
She was proud and lived on faith
He was strong in his own way
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way
Felipe lost his first wife in 1943
Seven growing children and desperately in need
Maria came to look for work and found her destiny
With one child of her own to the West Side of Town
They were married years went by and now we were thirteen
Days were good and days were bad but mostly they were lean
School and shoes and food and books believin' in a prayer
God must know his way 'round on the West Side of Town
(Chorus)
We would go to Mexico and mama she would cry
For the things we'll never know she had to leave behind
Sisters, brothers know to well what memories can do
Climbin' up when you're down from the West Side of Town
Daddy never owned a house but built a strong foundation
Mama bought her own damn house with self determination
They're both gone but I know that they're listening to this song
'Neath the San Fernando ground on the West Side of Town
(Chorus)
(additional Chorus) Peregrinos de ayer (pilgrims from yesterday)
Del destino y la fe (though destiny and faith)
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way

MANOS, HUESOS Y SANGRE
(Hands, Bones and blood)
(Waltz for Frida Kahlo)
By Tish Hinojosa

Manos y huesos y sangre sería
(Crumbling hands, bones and blood)
Pero el corazón no muere
(Something in a heart lives forever)
Miles palabras en quieto pincel
(Thousand words painted by love's broken stroke)
Dueña y esclava de dos
(Master and slave you were both)
Ojos que sirven de espejo
(Eyes serving as our own mirror)
Pasión y dolor y placer
(Of passion and pleasure and pain)
Cara y disfraz que aparece
(Costume and face of a story)
Esos fracasos de ayer
(Bearing that yesterday's stain)
Madre de sueños y quién te dirá
(Mother of dreams who could dare to predict)
Toda mujer sueña igual
(Women would dream by your name)
Águila inquieta cadenas caerán
(Restless the eagle still chained by the wing)
Frida ¿es tu descanso en paz?
(Frida are you sleeping in Peace)
© 1990, Manazo Music

GOD'S OWN OPEN ROAD
By Tish Hinojosa

Somewhere 'neath the darkened sky a weary heart a lonesome eye
tracks along an empty highway lead to somewhere else
All my past and all my wishes tears reflect on muddy ditches
My own mind is searching for an answer from the eyes that look right back
I want to know about the outer reaches
everything that heartbreak teaches
Questions of survival that in every soul exist
what about the endless sky
A child that wants to know just why
the world spins round and people die
And does it hurt well baby, so do I
Walking on the streets I've known a city that I once called home
A stranger now another time that doesn't want me back
Poems in my native tongue whisper where I used to run
The river brushing by a shore that knew it all along
Here I stood and there I dreamed of future bright as magazines
Without the shades of sorrow in between
Where we've been and what we've seen, are we taught or are we teaching
Reaching seeking needing preaching pleading speeding screeching to a halt
Cattle guards and power lines mark the distance of our times
Like wheels that roll and bells that toll of hours and aging wine
Love we gave and love we made gone astray and then forgave
Naked as a masquerade for truth to figure out
Voices shout and voices sing words slip out and most stay in
In symphonies that live within the pockets of our soul
Colors of the open sea paint the edges of a dream in crystal blues
and deeper hues of wind and earth and God's own open road

CUMBIA POLKA Y MÁS
(Cumbia, Polka and More)
Music by Robert Skiles
Words by Tish Hinojosa

Cumbia:
Todos vamos a dar
(We're all gonna play)
Un ritmo para bailar
(A rhythym to dance)
Así, así, así el cuento va
(That's the way the story goes)
Vamos a pensar en más
(We're all gonna think of more)
De este mundo y que
(Of this world and that)
Vivan todos en paz
(We could all live in peace)
Toma mi corazón
(Here's my heart)
Lo doy sin pedir razón
(I give it without asking reason)
Y mano en mano hermano ven aquí
(And hand in hand brother come here) Todo fuera hace un mundo feliz
(If it could only be this way a happy world)
Aquí bailando cumbia, polka y más
(Here dancing cumbia, polka and more)
Polka:
Ruedos entre ruedas van las vidas
(Circles within circles go our lives)
Ruedas entre ruedas van así
(Circles with in circles go like this)
Risas pintan esperanzas
(Laughter paints hope)
Ven cariñosamente oír
(Come and with your heart listen)
Este ritmo de las calles que conozco
(To this rhythm of the streets I know)
Quiero recordar aquel pasar
(I want to remember that long ago)
Tú y yo somos las ganas
(You and I are the inspiration)
De esta cumbia, polka y más
(Of this cumbia, polka and more)

© 1991, Delightful Music/ Manazo Music

Subject: Lyrics:Dreaming from the Labyrinth (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:27 PM

Dreaming from the Labyrinth
Warner Bros. Records, 1996.



WHEN IT RAINS/CUANDO LLUEVE

by Tish Hinojosa

As tears pound down upon my rooftop
The clouds are weeping as my heart once did for you
Once in a dream I saw the temple
The sky had dressed itself a brilliant shade of blue
Y cuando llueve yo recuerdo
And when it rains, that's when my thoughts come back to you

    A storm of passion steals my sight
    And once again I see your eyes
    The night, the place that kept my heart

        Esperaré mañana
        I'll wait until tomorrow
        The sun will bring the break of day

El agua cae sobre mi techo
Las nubes lloran como si fuera yo por ti
Yo en un sueño vi el templo
El cielo se vestía de brillante azul

And when it rains, oh I remember
Y cuando llueve me recuerdo más de ti

    Tormentas de un apasionar
    Y estoy de aquí en el lugar
    Donde queda mi corazón

        I'll wait until tomorrow
        Esperaré mañana
        El sol traerá el amanecer

And when it rains oh I remember
Y cuando llueve
And when it rains

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music


WHISPER GOODBYE/LUEGO SE VA

by Tish Hinojosa

Say it's a sin
Somehwere between
Sinners and angels in boxes of tin
Painted in colors of wind, earth and sky
Kissing I love you
Whispering Goodbye

No hay amar
Sin castigar
Santos, pecadores de un solo altar
Pintado en colores del viento y del mar
Besar te quiero
Luego se va

Whispering Goodbye

Say it's a sin
Deeper within
Question unanswered by God or by man
Plegaria eterna sin Dios contestar
Kissing I love you
Whispering Goodbye
Luego se va
Whispering Goodbye

Prayer
No hay amar
Sin castigar
Santos, pecadores de un solo altar
Pintado en colores del viento y del mar
Besar te quiero
Luego se va

No hay amar
Sin castigar
Flama votiva que alumbra pensar
Perdón de un cielo se puede encontrar
Besar te quiero
Luego se va

No hay amar
Sin castigar
Vida conoce desnuda disfraz
Luego se va

(C) 1996 WB Music/Maverick Music/Manazo Music


EDGE OF A DREAM/ORILLA DE UN SOÑAR
by Tish Hinojosa

Nos dejaron los años
Placer amores engaños
Ven no te me alejes
Quiero darte mi querer

Years sometimes betraying
Love leaves without saying
Come before it is over
Let me give my heart to you

    We'll sail upon a wind that blows above a misty sea
    Dancing barefoot on the soft earth touching edges of a dream

I remember a moment
The book of happiness open
Let your eyes tell me the story
Like words burnt upon a page

    We'll sail upon a wind that blows above a misty sea
    Dancing barefoot on the soft earth touching edges of a dream

    Volaremos en el viento en tinieblas junto al mar
    Bailaremos sobre tierra a la orilla de un soñar

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music


LAUGHING RUNS THE RIVER/RIENDO CORRE EL RÍO

by Tish Hinojosa

Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

    Bridge
    Cuéntame de las montañas, de tu empezar
    Cuéntame de piedra y pena que llevas al mar

Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

Running running, laughing river
Laughing runs the river

    Tell me of the highland mountains that your eyes have seen
    Tell me of the stones and sorrows you take to the sea

Running running, laughing river
Laughing runs the river

Corre corre, corre el río
Riendo el río corre

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music


ATLÁNTICO

by Tish Hinojosa

Atlántico, Atlántico
Bajo la arena duerme tu misterio
Atlántico, Atlántico
De cuatro mares tu historia se perdió

    Chorus:
Cuando sirenas cantan
    Los marineros bajan
    Regresan al Atlántico

Atlántico, Atlántico
Bajo la arena se oyen voces que enterró
Atlántico Atlántico
Estrellas olas no dirán que te pasó
Atlántico

ATLANTICO (English)

Atlantico, Atlantico
A sleeping mystery lying underneath the foam
Atlántico, Atlántico
Four ancient waters keepers of your world unknown

    Chorus:
    The sirens sing of sorrow
Sailors down they follow
Returning to Atlantico

Atlantico, Atlantico
Beneath the sands the sound of voices you called home
Atlantico, Atlantico
Shells and stars and waves they know and keep it for their own
Atlantico

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music

BEYOND THE BATTLE OF MEN
  by Tish Hinojosa

  1:      Feel the rush of the wind
          Ancient eyes of the moon on the sand
          Voices rise from the land
          Beyond the battle of men

    

2:      Lifting time through our hands
          As it was and it will be again
          Long before we began
          Beyond the battle of men
          Again
          Beyond the battle of men

    

  BATALLA DE HOMBRE

    

1:      Siento al aire volar
          Ojo eterno de lund alumbrar
          Voces suben cantar
          Batalla de hombre no habrá

    

2:      Tiempo en mano se va
          Como tierra que siempre estará
          Desde un antepasar
          Batalla de hombre no habrá
          Así
          Batalla de hombre no habrá

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music

VIDA PRISIONERA/PRISONARY LIFE

by Tish Hinojosa

Vida prisionera
Boca traicionera
Como ves
Este amor

Besos
Brazos
Llantos
Cantos
¿Qué me quedará
De ti?

Life imprisionary
Word of treason weary
How do you
See this love

Kisses
Wishes
Tears
Song traces
What is
Left of you
For me?

(C) 1996 WB Music/Maverick Music/Manazo Music

Esta Canción/This Song

Con mil palabras
no se podría decir
que de unos ojos
se pueda hacer sentir

Un sueño nos acerca
pronto se
me va

Lo que quiero decir
sin por amor mentir
Esta canción es para ti

Alumbra una vela
en la obscuridad
con rezo dedicado
a un esperar

Lo que quiero decir
sin por amor mentir
Esta canción es para ti

A thousand words
would take
what just one look can say

In dreams
we almost touch
the dream
it goes away

This heart could never lie
I want to say that I
Believe this song
belongs to you

A candle in the dark
A prayer to dedicate
A thousand miles
from here
& patiently it waits

This heart could never lie
I want to say that I
Believe this song
belongs to you
(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music

GOD'S OWN OPEN ROAD
by Tish Hinojosa
Somewhere neath a darkened sky
A weary heart a lonesome eye
Tracks along an empty highway
Lead to somewhere else

All my past & all my wishs
Tears reflect on muddy ditches
My own mind is searching for
An answer from the eyes that look right back

Bridge
I want to know about the outer reaches
Everything that heartbreak teaches
Questions of survival that in every soul exist
What about the endless sky
A child wants to know just why
The world spins round and people die
And does it hurt, well baby so do I

Walking on the streets I've known
A city that I once called home
A stranger now another time
That doesn't want me back

Poems in my native tongue
Whisper where I used to run
The river brushing by a shore
That knew it all along

Bridge II
Here I stood and there I dreamed
A future bright as magazines
Without the shades of sorrow in between
Where we've been & what we've seen
Are we taught or are we teaching
Reaching seeking needing preaching
Pleading speeding screeching to a halt

Cattle guards and power lines
Mark the distance of our times
Like wheels that roll and bell that toll
Of hours and aging wine

Love we gave and love we made
Gone astray and then forgave
Naked as a masquerade
For truth to figure out

Bridge III
Voices shout and voices sing
Words slip out and most stay in
Symphonies that live within the pockets of our soul
Colors of the open sea
Paint the edges of a dream
With crystal blue and deeper hues
Of wind and earth and God's own open road

(C) 1996 WB Music Corp./Maverick Music/Manazo Music

SACRIFICES/SACRIFICIOS

by Tish Hinojosa

Sacrificios, sacramentos de la vida
Religioso, el amor un tierno altar
Mi plegaria de rodillas será esta
Que por siempre encendiera nuestro amar

Sacrifices, sacriments of life and living
Love's the altar where religiously we pray
Whispered softly like a prayer up to the heavens
Eternally our votive light will stay

Bridge
Bendecido, será siempre aquel momento
Cuando yo a ti te conocí

Like a blessing, I still treasure the first moment
The sacriment of life brought you to me

El momento cuando yo te conocí

(C) 1996 WB Music/Maverick Music/Manazo Music

Subject: Lyrics: Cada Nino (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:30 PM

Cada Niño / Every Child
Rounder Records, 1996

Cada Niño/Every Child
Music by Robert Skiles
Lyrics by Tish Hinojosa

Veo en cada niño un porvenir
Esperanza fuerza y paz
Mi ocupación es dándoles razón
Que la fe no pierdan jamás

Every child believes in good tomorrow brings
Every child's our faith to hold
What we leave behind and want them to find
Is what we are today

Chorus
Laughter voices tender choices
Their love gives to us
Sad the day we take away
Their sweet liberty

Tú y yo seremos el director
De esta producción que enseñará
Por ejemplo amar por el mundo ayudar
Y lado a lado estar

Risas voces tiernas cosas
Este amor nos da
Triste el día que quitemos esa libertad

Every child believes in good tomorrow brings
Every child's our faith to hold
What we leave behind and want for them to find
Is what we are today

Cada niño es fe
Every child's our faith

La Escala Musical Music Scale

Traditional Adaptations and translation by Tish Hinojosa

Vénganse niños ven a escuchar
Los dulces acordes de la escala musical
Ven bellos niños muy pronto me iré
Con tu corazón cantando
Esto tú debes saber

C se canta simplemente DO
D bailando derechita RE
E es elegante así MI
F florcita llega FA
G generosa solana SOL
A mi amor es tuyo LA
B en español se dice SI


SI LA SOL FA MI RE DO

(Instrumental Verse)

Come all you children and hear what I say
In harmony climbing up and down the music scale
Come all you children for soon I will go
Let me hear your heart is singing
This is something you should know
First the middle C is simply Do
Then the D comes dancing by Re
E is elegant like this Mi
F arrives in flowery fashion Fa
G is genuine as sunshine Sol
A you'll always have my heart La
B in spanish it is said Si


SI LA SOL FA MI RE DO

End: DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI DO

Siempre Abuelita/Always Grandma

By Tish Hinojosa

Siempre siempre abuelita yo recordaré
Tus sonrisas acaricias
Tu modo de ser
Siempre siempre Abuelita
Por la vida iré
Llena de tu fiel cariño
No te olvidaré

Always always abuelita I'll remember true
Your embraces, ways and faces
That belong to you
Always always Abuelita
All my life I'll be
Full of love I won't forget
That you have given me

Siempre siempre abuelita yo recordaré
Tus sonrisas acaricias tu modo de ser
Always always abuelita All my life I'll be
Full of love I won't forget
That you have given me
Llena de tu fiel cariño no te olvidaré

The Barnyard Dance / El Baile Vegetal

by Carl Martin Spanish Translation by Tish Hinojosa

It was late one night in the pale moonlight
all the vegetables gave a spree
they put up a sign said the dance is at 9
and all the admissions were free
there were peas and greens
cabbage and beans
it was the biggest sight you ever did see
When old man cucumber
struck up that number
you should've heard the vegetables scream
Well little turnip top did the backwards flop
the cabbage shook the shimmy
and she could not stop
and the little red beet shook his feet
Watermelon died of the cock eyed heat
Little tomata agitata
shook the shimmy with the sweet potata
and old man garlic dropped dead of the colic
down at the barnyard dance

La cosecha fue al anochecer
bajo claro de la luna a bailar
dijo el letrero que a las 9 es
y no hay que pagar
llegaron chicharo y col
ropollo y frijol ya muy pronto se perdió control
Cuando el viejo pepino
dio sondio muy fino
vegetales se oían gritar
Cebollita vi brincar y maromas dar
el col tembló al ritmo
sin poder parar
y betabel rojo a sus pies cayó
Sandía se murió de tanto calor
Tomatito chespirito
se dio vuelta con el camotito
y el viejo ajo se perdió en un fracaso
el baile vegetal
que fue noche

down at the barnyard
late last night
el baile vegetal

Nina Violina

by Tish Hinojosa

Nos levantamos en la mañana
desayunamos pan de manzana
que bien se siente el corazón
por este día por este amor

We are arising early this morning
apple bread waiting breakfast is calling
love in a smile and a heart beating
what a good way each new day beginning

Noche es obscura obscura es
pero otro mundo nos deja ver
trae las estrellas luna y sonar
y a la madrugada el gallo cantar

Nightime is dark dark is the night
another world it brings into sight
starshine and moonshine and dreams it brings
and when it's dawn the rooster will sing

Días y meses las estaciones
cambian el tiempo son las razones
verano otoño invierno primavera
causan los cambios adentro y afuera

Days and months make up the seasons
give us the weather these are the reasons
summer and fall and winter and spring
causes the changes outside and in

Ahoro es tu turno canta tú aquí
Nina acompaña en su violín
Now it's your turn your turn to sing
Nina will play it on her violin

Magnolia

By Tish Hinojosa

Early in the morning I can hear the birds sing
waking the magnolia tree
When I hear it sweetly I am there completely
under the magnolia tree
Blossoms big and white and leaves so big and shiny
grow on the magnolia tree
Springtime brings the flowers I can dream for hours
under the magnolia tree
Hmm I see the sky above
Hmm and think of what I love
The wind blows and makes magnolia dance for me

Summertime is ending ain't no more pretending
under the magnolia tree
Autumn leaves are falling wintertime is calling
under the magnolia tree
My sister and me we sit and have some tea here
under the magnolia tree
Fallen leaves creating taco shells with filling
under the magnolia tree
Hmmm and friends they come to call
Hmmm John, Ringo, George and Paul
We laugh and watch magnolia dance for free

Temprano en la mañana un pajarito canta
despierta la magnolia
Su canción me habla dulce y tan clara
bajo la magnolia
Flor blanca y bonita ojas bien brilladas
crecen en magnolia
En primavera sola yo sueño por horas
bajo la magnolia
Hmmm y miro el cielo allá
Hmmm y pienso todo amar
El viento baila magnolia por mí

Verano se acaba también el juego para
bajo la magnolia
Ojas caen de otoño anunciando invierno
bajo la magnolia
Mi hermanita y yo con té y desayuno
bajo la magnolia
Pretendiendo ojas tacos bien sabrosas
bajo la magnolia
Hmmm vienen a visitar
Hmmm John, Ringo, George and Paul
riendo vemos magnolia bailar

Simplemente Por Amor / Simply For Love

By Tish Hinojosa

When I tell you that I love you
That my heart will always be
Prouder then I ever dreamed of
Simply with your love for me

Cuando digo que te quiero
Que mi corazón será
Orgulloso simplemente
Por amor que te ma das

Cuando llueve
When the rain falls
Brillas coma el sol
It's your smile
Tu sonrisa
Shining like the sun

When I tell you that I love you
That my heart will always be
Prouder then I ever dreamed of
Simply with your love for me

Hasta Los Muertos Salen a Bailar / Even the Dead Rise Up to Dance

By Tish Hinojosa

La luna llena acaba de llegar
El otro mundo empieza a despertar
Bajo las sombras vamos a cantar
Hasta los muertos salen a bailar

Al campo santo hay que celebrar
Porque esta noche todo es embrujar
Y el coyote empieza a aullar
Hasta los muertos salen a bailar

Chorus
Flores, canciones, papal de colores
Olores de antojos que traen
Quienes recuerdan amores santos pecadores
Ahí vamos a estar

The moon is full of something on the rise
The other world is opening its eyes
Out in the graveyard
We will sing a stance
Even the dead are rising up to dance

Chorus
Love songs and flowers and papers, bright colors
Smells of the food that we bring
There we remember the saints and the sinners
This night with them we will sing

Los embrujados salen a bailar
Y la llorona mira donde está
Ahí con la momia enruedada va
Hasta los muertos salen a bailar

Los abuelitos salen a bailar
Tíos y tías salen a bailar
Hasta monjitas van de allá pa' 'cá
Hasta los muertos salen a bailar

La luna llena acaba de llegar
El otro mundo empieza a despertar
Out in the grave yard we will sing a stance
Even the dead are rising up to dance

Hasta los muertos salen a bailar
Even the dead are rising up to dance
(repeat last 2 lines through the fade out

Quién/Who

By Tish Hinojosa

Quién hizo tantas estrellas
Quién le dio olas al mar
Quién nos dio risa en el sueño
Quién nos dio tanto pensar

Who made the stars and so many
Who gave the waves to the sea
Who makes us laugh when we're dreaming
Who makes us think of these things

(Instrumental)

Ojos que cuentan estrellas
Pies que se corren al mar
Amar es la risa en el sueño
Somos de tanto pensar

Eyes that count all of the starlight
Feet that go run to the sea
Love makes us laugh when we're dreaming
We think of so many thing
Somos de tanto pensar

Las Fronterizas/The Soldier Women of the Border

by Tish Hinojosa
(Instrumental incorporates traditional melodies of "Jesusita de Chihuahua" and "Adelita")

En un tiempo revolucionario
Mexico 1910
Se vestían rebeldes norteñas
soldadas de cabeza a los pies

Ritmo de los bailes fronterizos
en sonido de la libertad
corazones de la tierra amada
se oían en cualquier lugar

Once upon a revolutionary
Mexico in 1910
Rebels did whatever necessary
Women fought as soldiers by the men

While the rhythm of the frontier dances
sounded with the shouts of liberty
Hearts that filled with passion of their country
for the soldier girls they played like this

Señora Santa Ana

by Tish Hinojosa

Señora Santa Ana
por qué llora el niño
Por una manzana
que se le ha perdido

Senora Santa Ana
Why is baby crying?
Is it for an apple
That he cannot find

Manzanita de oro
Si yo te encontrara
Se la diera al niño
Para que callara

Little golden apple
If I were to find you
I'd give you to my babe
For to calm him too

Duérmase mi niño
rayito de sol
Duérmase pedazo
De mi corazón

Go to sleep my baby
Little ray of sunshine
Go to sleep sweet morsel
Of this heart of mine

Duérmase pedazo de mi corazón

Subject: Lyrics: My Homeland (Tish Hinojosa), 2019
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 May 21 - 11:32 PM

Tish published an album in 2019 called My Homeland. At first glance, it seems like all the songs are the same in the two albums. It sounds to me that the 2019 is a re-recording of the 1989 album, but I could be wrong. Her voice is good on the 2019 album, but not as thrilling as the sound of her voice in the 1990s. But maybe I'm wrong, and the two albums are the same.
These lyrics are the only ones available at Tish Hinojosa's Website in 2021.
https://www.mundotish.com/lyrics
Monique and I agree that they are not completely accurate, so we will be working to clean them up.

---

Here is the songlist for My Homeland. Lyrics are in messages below.

1. Joaquin
2. West Side of Town
3. Donde Voy
4. In the Night
5. Love Is on Our Side
6. All My Love
7. Til You Love Me Again
8. Voice of the Big Guitar
9. Rancherita
10. Who Showed You the Way to My Heart
11. Let Me Remember
12. Amanacer
13. Mi Familia

Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4ApXTuq7hic191u0JRvha_5-lMg3oREk

Subject: ADD: Donde Voy/Where I Go (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 03:45 PM

We've been adding songs to supplement the Rise Up Singing/Rise Again songbooks, and Tish Hinojosa's "Donde Voy" was chosen:

https://www.riseupandsing.org/songs/donde-voy

DONDE VOY (Tish Hinojosa) Madrugada me ve corriendo Bajo cielo que empieza color No me salgas sol a nombrarme A la fuerza de "la migración" Un dolor que siento en el pecho Es mi alma que hiere de amor Pienso en ti y tus brazos que esperan Tus besos y tu pasión CHORUS Donde voy, donde voy Esperanza es mi destinación Solo estoy, solo estoy Por el monte prófugo me voy Días semanas y meses Pasan muy lejos de ti Muy pronto te llega un dinero Yo te quiero tener junto a mí El trabajo me llena las horas Tu risa no puedo olvidar Vivir sin tu amor no es vida Vivir de prófugo es igual

WHERE I GO (Tish Hinojosa) Daybreak finds me running Under a sky that's beginning to color Sun please don't expose me To the force of the INS The pain that I feel in my chest Is my heart that hurts with love I think of you and your arms that wait Your kisses and your passion CHORUS Where I go, where I go Hope is my destination I'm alone, I'm alone Thru the desert, a refugee, I go Days, weeks & months Pass far away from you Soon you'll receive some money I want to have you near me Work fills my hours Your laughter I can't forget To live without your love isn't living To live as a refugee is the same

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2USbjl8r3p0&t=167s



The Taiwanese singer, Chyi Yu, wrote new English verses to Hinojosa's songs:

All alone I have started my journey
To the darkness of darkness I go
With a reason, I stopped for a moment
In this world full of pleasure so frail

Town after town on I travel
Pass through faces I know and know not
Like a bird in flight, sometimes I topple
Time and time again, just farewells

Donde voy, donde voy
Day by day, my story unfolds
Solo estoy, solo estoy
All alone as the day I was born

Till your eyes rest in mine, I shall wander
No more darkness I know and know not
For your sweetness I traded my freedom
Not knowing a farewell awaits

You know, hearts can be repeatedly broken
Making room for the harrows to come
Along with my sorrows I buried
My tears, my smile, your name


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xrdh4MrHV0

Linda Ronstadt recorded the song as "Adonde Voy" on her Winter Light album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go3CK6SgKMI

Subject: ADD: Solo tus Ojos/Only Your Eyes (Rowan/Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 03:54 PM

Thread #110572   Message #2321293
Posted By: bfdk
21-Apr-08 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Solo Tus Ojos (Tish Hinojosa, Peter Rowan
Subject: Lyr Add: SOLO TUS OJOS / ONLY YOUR EYES

I do, here you go:

Sólo Tus Ojos (Peter Rowan/Tish Hinojosa) Ojos, sólo tus ojos, sueño tus ojos Siempre a mi lado Ojos, sólo tus ojos, luz de estrellitas de enamorados Claro de luna hermosa sabe que es cosa preciosa Sólo, sólo un recuerdo Recuerdo esos ojos dueños de mi amor Fuente corre luciente como estos ojos quieren quererte Claro de luna hermosa sabe que es cosa preciosa Sólo, sólo un recuerdo Recuerdo esos ojos Dueños de mi amor Ojos, sólo tus ojos

Only Your Eyes (Peter Rowan/Tish Hinojosa) Eyes, only your eyes, I dream of your eyes Always by my side Eyes, only your eyes, light of little stars of those in love Light of the lovely moon knows it's a precious thing Only, only a memory I remember those eyes masters of my love Fountain runs brightly like these eyes that want to love you Light of the lovely moon knows it's a precious thing Only, only a memory I remember those eyes Masters of my love Your eyes, only your eyes

Best wishes,

Bente

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0M6PcnFgNI

Subject: ADD: Arbolito (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 03:55 PM

I love this little Christmas song
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/xmas/arbolito.html

ARBOLITO (Little Christmas Tree) (Tish Hinojosa) Arbolito, tengo siete años, tengo pecas, yo te los regalo Viene mamacita con luces y esferas para vestirte y ayudo Pero, no me deja con los icicles La cocina de comadres manos, chocolate tamales y ajo Dónde está mi madrina y Santo Clos, no son los regalos que quiero Solo el paquete, para adivinar Dónde pasan los años y sueños y abrazos viejo navidad Amistades parientes y el Andy Williams con noche de paz ¡Arbolito qué brillante estás! Arbolito tengo quince años, tu estrella ya mero alcanzo Lo que yo deseo es secreto, te digo, se llama Ay mamá mira mi hermana no deja con los icicles Arbolito, tengo treinta y algo, cuántas veces hemos platicado No mijita, pon las esferas, verdad que parece Better Homes magazine, No me importa, son mis icicles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPMMj3gcwEc

LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE (Arbolito) (Tish Hinojosa) Arbolito this year I am seven I have freckles, I would let you have them There comes Mamacita with ornaments And with lights to dress you I help her, but she won't leave me with the icicles From the kitchen, cooking las comadres I smell chocolate, garlic and tamales Where is my godmother and Santa Claus No it's not the presents I want, you know Yes, it's just the packages to guess Arbolito I'm fifteen years old now I can almost reach to put your star on What I wish for Christmas this year is a secret His name is - Ay mama mira! (Mom, look!) My sister won't let me have the icicles! From the kitchen, cooking las comadres I smell chocolate, garlic and tamales Where is my godmother and Santa Claus No it's not the presents I want, you know Yes, it's just the packages to guess Arbolito, now I'm thirty something How familiar is our yearly talking No, mijita(daughter), you put the ornaments Does it look like Better Homes magazine? Aw, come on now, they're my icicles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oOzytnzRAo

Subject: ADD: Something in the Rain (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 03:55 PM

This one always makes me cry. This is my transcription, based on what I found on one of "those" sites and corrected.

SOMETHING IN THE RAIN
(Tish Hinojosa)

Mom and Dad have worked the fields
I don't know how many years
I'm just a boy but I know how
And go to school when work is slow

We have seen our country's roads
Bakersfield to Illinois
And when troubles come our way
Oh yeah, I've seen my daddy pray

There's something wrong with little sister
I hear her crying by my side
Mama's shaking as she holds her
We try to hold her through the night

And Mom says, Close your eyes, mijito
Dream of someplace far from here
Like the pictures in your schoolbooks
Someday you can take us there

CHORUS
There must be something in the rain
I'm not sure just what that means
Abuelita talks of sins of man
Of dust that's in our hands

There must be something in the rain
Well, what else could cause this pain
Those airplanes cure the plants so things can grow
Oh no, it must be something in the rain

Little sister's gone away
Mama's working long again
And me, I think I understand
About our life, about our land

Well, talkers talk and dreamers dream
I will find a place between
I'm afraid but I believe
That we can change these hurting fields

'Cause there's something in the rain
But there's more here in our hands
'Buelita's right about the sins of man
Whose profits rape the land

And the rains are pouring down
From the growers to the towns
And until we break the killing chains
There's something in the rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnxPGUctqUE

Subject: ADD: La Llorona (as sung by Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 04:01 PM

La Llorona is traditional, but Tish Hinojosa did my favorite recording of this haunting song. The post below is uncorrected, but will be fixed later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G85MDi4GeMI

Thread #12887   Message #112714
Posted By: Tom B.
09-Sep-99 - 01:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: La Llorona
Subject: Lyr Add: LA LLORONA (from Tish Hinojosa)

Kicky C did a good translation and Conan I think is right about the Virgin being Mary. The Llorona is a Mexican Legend/Folk Song with many different versions. It is in the text book "Conexiones" that I use to teach third semester Spanish in the community college here ((c) 1999 Prentice Hall). One of my students just TONIGHT put the lyrics on the board and sang the song, beautifully, with guitar, so it's a real coincidence to see this thread.

La Llorona is a frightening apparition of a woman who wails but may not be seen, or is seen dressed in white, who scares even the bravest of men who see her, she who may submerge herself in a lake, and who is said in some versions to have drowned her kids in a lake or river because of some mortal sins. That is the legend.

The song version by Tish Hinojosa goes like this:

Salías del Templo un día, Llorona
You were leaving the Temple one day, Llorona (one who cries a lot)
cuando al pasar yo te vi.
when I saw you as I passed.

Ay de mí, Llorona, Llorona, Llorona
(expression like "woe")
de un campo un lirio
an iris from the countryside
Ay de mí, Llorona, Llorona, Llorona
Llévame al río
take me to the river

Hermoso huipil llevabas, Llorona,
You wear a beautiful huipil
que la Virgen te creí.
that I though you were the Virgin Mary herself.
No sé lo que tienen las flores, Llorona,
I don't know what's wrong with the flowers (as in "to have" a disease or a problem)
las flores de un campo santo.
the flowers of a sacred ground.
Que cuando las mueve el viento, Llorona,
That when the wind moves them (the flowers)
parece que están llorando.
it seems like they are crying
Dos besos llevo en la frente, Llorona,
Two kisses I wear on my forehead
que no se apartan de mí.
that won't leave me.
El último de mi madre, Llorona,
The first one from my mother
y el primero que te di.
and the first that I gave you
No sé lo que tienen las flores, Llorona,
I don't know what's wrong with the flowers
las flores de un campo santo.
the flowers of a sacred ground.
Que cuando las mueve el viento, Llorona,
parece que están llorando.
Tápame con tu rebozo, Llorona,
Cover me with your shawl
porque me muero de frío.
because I'm freezing my butt off (I'm dying of cold)

Hope this is of interest to someone.

Tom B.

I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me how in these threads or in email as well how you put the accents, tildes, underlines, italics, etc. in. Is that a DOS thing? I know how to put the marks in in Word or Wordperfect, but not in email or threads. Thank you.

Subject: ADD: Joaquin (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 04:42 PM

JOAQUIN
(Tish Hinojosa)

Joaquin shed a tear for the treason
But who’d hear his desperate cry
He learned to speak English from tourists
And reading by kerosene light
He couldn’t afford education
But something was burning inside
He heard things were good in America
And that’s what had been on his mind

I met him when I was traveling
Through Mexico one summer day
Eyes twice as old as the young man
Who taught me a lesson in faith
Fate made him poor but he knew there was more
Though I never did see him again
I know somewhere in America
Joaquin must’ve found him a place

CHORUS
Joaquin loves his homeland
But it can’t give him enough
He wants a good life a job and a wife
And some children with dreams that come true

Bridge
Moonless night crossing the bad land
(Ayuda me Dios)
Sign of the cross o’er his chest
(Mi vida mi fe)
Pounding heart racing til sunrise
Mile after mile without rest

Back at the border there’s papers
But politics get in the way
It may not be right but they take through the night
Some pay for the dream with their life

from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD West Side of Town (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 04:47 PM

WEST SIDE OF TOWN
(Tish Hinojosa)

Felipe was a young boy when he crossed the Rio Grande
Headin’ north to Texas where he grew into a man
He fixed cars and worked the wars and raised a family
San Antonio was home on the west side of town

Young Maria dreamed of singing in a concert hall
Past the plaza and the village church adobe wall
Hard times stole her innocence but drove the woman’s heart
San Antonio bound to the west side of town

CHORUS
She was proud and lived on faith
He was strong in his own way
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way

Felipe lost his first wife in 1943
Seven growing children and desperately in need
Maria came to look for work and found her destiny
With one child of her own to the west side of town

They were married years went by and now we were thirteen
Days were good and days were bad but mostly they were lean
School and shoes and food and books believin’ in a prayer
God must know his way ‘round on the west side of town

We would go to Mexico and mama she would cry
For the things we’ll never know she had to leave behind
Sisters brothers know too well what memories can do
Climbin’ up when you’re down from the west side of town

Daddy never owned a house but built a strong foundation
Mama bought her own damn house with self determination
They’re both gone but I know that they’re listening to this song
‘Neath the San Fernando ground on the west side of town

LAST CHORUS:
Peregrinos de ayer (pilgrims of yesterday)
Del destino y la fe (through destiny and faith)
They were pilgrims that made
A good life the hard way


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Donde Voy (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 04:54 PM

DONDE VOY
(Tish Hinojosa)

Madrugada me ve corriendo
    (daybreak finds me running)
Bajo cielo que empieza color
    (under a sky beginning to light)
No salgas sol a nombrarme
    (sun please don’t expose me)
A la fuerza de “la migración”
    (to the force of the INS)
Un dolor que siento en el pecho
    (the pain I feel in my chest)
Es mi alma que hiere de amor
    (is my soul that aches with love)
Pienso en ti y tus brazos que esperan
    (I think of you and your arms that wait)
Tus besos y tu pasión
    (your kisses and your passion)

CHORUS
Donde voy donde voy
    (where I go where I go)
Esperanza es mi destinación
    (Hope is my destination)
Solo estoy solo estoy
    (I’m alone I’m alone)
Por el monte prófugo voy
    (through the desert a fugitive I go)

Días semanas y meses
    (days weeks and months)
Pasan muy lejos de ti
    (pass far away from you)
Muy pronto te llega dinero
    (very soon you’ll receive money)
Yo te quiero tener junto a mí
    (I want to have you near me)
El trabajo me llena las horas
    (work fills my hours)
Tu risa no puedo olvidar
    (your laughter I can’t forget)
Vivir sin tu amor no es vida
    (to live without your love isn’t living)
Vivir de prófugo es igual
    (to live as a fugitive is the same)


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: In the Night (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 04:58 PM

IN THE NIGHT
(Tish Hinojosa)

Runnin’ burnin’
And a lonely whistle blows
In the night in the night
There’s a border moon a risin’
I can hear that white freight line

Lyin’ cryin’
Like an earth bound eagle yearnin’
In the night in the night
Wanna leave the tears that bind me
On a rusty railroad sign

CHORUS
I’ve been hearin’ stories
I’ve been sitting scared
By the moon denying
I could ever dare
Board a broken angel
On a one way track
Faster than the devil trailin’
Tryin’ to take me back

Take it make it
All along the freedom flight
In the night in the night
No more lyin’ dreamin’
Cryin’ wishin’
I had wings to fly


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Love Is On Our Side (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:11 PM

LOVE IS ON OUR SIDE
(Tish Hinojosa)

Show Me someone helping out a friend
Show me a broken man standing up again
Show me a smile in ancient eyes
I’ll say love is on our side

See the little baby in her mother’s arms
Daddy wants a shelter keeping her from harm
When the storm gets closer we realize
That love is on our side

CHORUS
We’re all on that train
There’s where hope begins

Take a look around you tell me what you see
Listen to the dreamers sound like you and me
See the workin’ hands join to rise
I’ll say love is on our side

Waiting on the fringes for the world to end
Who is gonna save us who is gonna win
And beyond the headlines the answer lies
That love is on our side


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: All My Love (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:13 PM

ALL MY LOVE
(Tish Hinojosa)

Times may be trying our bindings
Hard days may steal half our smile
This world goes by in a hurry
Kind words are farther and few

Sometimes the going gets rocky
Somewhere in memories we share
There’s still a sweet place I never will forget
I made a promise to you

CHORUS
I’ll be on your side
When the times get thinner
I’m the one believing it’s true
I would bet my heart you will be a winner
All my love I give to you

Though every kiss isn’t thunder any more
Still our river runs long and deep
When winter winds chill our old bones
You’ll burn the home fire in me


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Til You Love Me Again (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:16 PM

TIL YOU LOVE ME AGAIN
(Tish Hinojosa)

1st Chorus
Till you love me again
Till you learn what you’re missin’
I’m not waiting in line
But I’m savin’ my kissin’
I’m just letting you know
I don’t wanna let go
My heart’s set on one thing
Till you love me again

Days don’t go by I don’t think of
Words of love you used to say
You lit a fire that won’t burn out
Here in your promise I’ll stay

2nd Chorus
Till you love me again
I won’t say that it’s over
You can know other girls
But it won’t get you closer
To the place that you’ve been
And you won’t find another
My heart’s set on one thing
Till you love me again

I was a fool and I fell in
Now I must wait patiently
You’ll find each road that you’re taking
Is gonna lead back to me


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Voice of the Big Guitar (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:19 PM

VOICE OF THE BIG GUITAR
(Tish Hinojosa)

Round up’s the same year after year
Wherever you are
But a cowboy’s heart belongs to the night
In the voice of the big guitar

Wranglin’ or ropin’ the job doesn’t care
When your mind wanders there
To a lady in town and a star in the night
Where the wind and the coyotes howl

CHORUS
Yippi ta ya yo
Yippi ta ya ye
And a cowboy’s heart belongs to the night
In the voice of the big guitar

Dust from the dogies burns hot in the day
Sand and sun in your eyes
Sore in the saddle and thinkin’ of you
And the nights with you in sight

The moon is a-dancin’ the stars are romancin’
This wrangler from afar
Our love was born of the prairie and stars
In the voice of the big guitar


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Rancherita (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:23 PM

RANCHERITA
(Tish Hinojosa)

Rancherita cantaré tu melodía
    (Rancherita I will sing your melody)
Bajo cielo estrellado
    (under a starry sky)
Bajo luz de tu balcón
    (beneath the light of your balcony)

Rancherita a tu puerta ven y mira
    (Rancherita come to your door and see)
Con ojitos de mis sueños
    (with those eyes of my dreams)
Ahí te va mi corazón
    (to you I send my heart)

CHORUS
Serenata de un ranchero enamorado
    (serenade from a rancher in love)
Con guitarra cantará de su pasión
    (with a guitar he sings of his passion)

Rancherita a tu puerta ven y mira
    (Rancherita come to your door and see)
Con ojitos de mis sueños
    (with those eyes of my dreams)
Ahí te va mi corazón
    (to you I send my heart)



from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Who Showed You the Way to my Heart (Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:28 PM

WHO SHOWED YOU THE WAY TO MY HEART
(Tish Hinojosa)

Tell me how did you know just where to find me
I thought I left love far behind me so
Who showed you the way to my heart

Some say love comes and goes and it’s a fool’s play
But something tells me that you’re here to stay
Who showed you the way to my heart

CHORUS
What was it I didn’t see
Who showed you how to believe
I couldn’t say where I’d been
You taught me living again

I know love finds a place to grow and then waits
For those who take it slow but even so
Who showed you the way to my heart

Vida tú eres mi hogar mi senda quisiste caminar
    (dearest, you are my home my path you chose to walk)
Y aquí estás el fuego en mi corazón
    (and here you are the fire in my heart)
Antes que te conocí
    (before I met you)
Yo el amor despedí
    (I had bid love farewell)
Cómo fuiste encontrar
    (how was it you found)
Mi alma en la obscuridad
    (my soul in the darkness)

Tell me how did you know just where to find me
I thought I left love far behind me so
Who showed you the way to my heart
El camino a mi corazón
    (the path to my heart)
Who showed you the way to my heart


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Let Me Remember (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:31 PM

LET ME REMEMBER
(Tish Hinojosa)

Let me remember how I loved you
Let me remember yesterday
My dream of you once just an ember
The winds of time fanned to a flame

Let me remember how I loved you
I guess it’s where I’ll always stay
I know it’s my own heart I’m breakin’
Let me remember my own way

CHORUS
Time marches on through right or wrong
And never looks that way again
I’ll hold on to that me and you
And to the place it all began

Your city’s streets became my daydreams
Those starry nights I’ll have to blame
For since we kissed under your moonlight
I’ve never seen them shine the same

Let me remember how I loved you
I guess it’s where I’ll always stay
I know it’s my own heart I’m breakin’
Let me remember
Let me remember
Let me remember my own way


from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Amanacer (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:36 PM

AMANACER
(Tish Hinojosa)

Amanecer sueño inquieto se va
    (day break, restless sleep leaves you)
Entre tinieblas de ayer despiertas
    (between obscure thoughts of yesterday you wake)
Ves la mañana nacer
    (see the birth of the morning)

Aquel amor lejos de ti estará
    (that love may be far from you)
Entre recuerdos la noche pasa
    (in memories the night passes)
Lágrimas por mí serán
    (Are those tears for me?)

CHORUS
Te cantaré un verso
    (I’ll sing you a verse)
Llenando el silencio
    (filling the silence)
De tu soledad
    (of your lonliness)
Simple melodía
    (a simple melody)
Deseando a tu vida felicidad
    (wishing happiness to your life)

Canción de amor a la salida del sol
    (a song of love to the rising sun)
Una acuarela pintando el cielo
    (water colors painting the sky)
Este regalo te doy
    (this gift I give you)

Mi corazón siempre estará junto a ti
    (my heart will always be by your side)
De madrugada mi sueño sabe
    (at dawn my dreams know)
Que estás pensando de mí
    (that you are thinking of me)



from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

Subject: ADD: Mi Familia (Tish Hinojosa)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 May 21 - 05:40 PM

MI FAMILIA
(Tish Hinojosa)

Te daré una flor del rosal del jardín de mi vida
    (I’ll give you a flower from the rosebush from the garden of my life)
Cada flor con su luz celestial de llanto y sonrisa
    (each flower with celestial light of tears and smiles)
Y sabrás un amor inmortal de seda y espinas
    (and you’ll know an immortal love of silk and thorns)
Así crece el jardín de mi amor
    (that’s how the garden of my love grows)
Canto de mi familia
    (I sing of my family)

Recuerdos con lluvia del cielo ablandan las piedras
    (memories with rain from heaven soften the stones)
Y la sal de lágrimas curan las almas perdidas
    (and salt from tears cure the lost souls)
Y los besos desde el corazón siembran las heridas
    (and kisses from the heart bury the wounds)
Así crece el jardín de mi amor
    (that’s how the garden of my love grows)
Canto de mi familia
    (I sing of my family)

Nos regalan la luna y el sol la tarde serena
    (the moon and the sun gift us the serene evening)
Aquí en este solar en esta mi tierra
    (here in this yard on this my land)
Y ve cómo solo una flor brotará nueva vida
    (and see how even one flower can blossom new life)
Así crece el jardín de mi amor
    (that’s how the garden of my love grows)
Canto de mi familia
    (I sing of my family)



from My Homeland, CD Baby, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UdvMcxbtOI