Color in Your Cheeks

She came in on the redeye to Dallas-Fort Worth
All the way from sunny Taipei
Skin the color of a walnut shell
and a baseball cap holding down her black hair
And she came here after midnight
The hot weather made her feel right at home

Come on in, we haven't slept for weeks
Drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks

He drove from in from Mexicali, no worse for wear
Money to burn, time to kill
But five minutes looking in his eyes and we all knew
He was broken pretty bad, so we gave him what we had
We cleared a space for him to sleep in
and we let the silence that's our trademark
Make its presence felt

Come on in, we haven't slept for weeks
Drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks

They came in by the dozens, walking or crawling
Some were bright-eyed
Some were dead on their feet
And they came from Zimbabwe
or from Soviet Georgia
East Saint Louis, or from Paris, or they lived across the street
But they came, and when they'd finally made it here
It was the least that we could do to make our welcome clear

Come on in, we haven't slept for weeks.
Drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks.

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