Stealing Electricity - Tom Russell, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble

There’s a Mexican dead on a power line

He’s deader than yesterday’s communion wine

He was trying to get something he couldn’t afford for free

A poor man stealing electricity

His heart when d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da-da

Ten thousand volts, now he’s gone

Hanging on a cross high above Babylon

Hey baby, ain’t that just like you and me?

Love is like stealing electricity

Two hearts go d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da-da

When the poverty of your spirit and the weakness of your flesh

Go dancing every night through other people’s trash

You love yourself women, what the hell you’re doing with me

You’re gonna burn baby, burn from stealing electricity

Two hearts go d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da-da

We climb so high in search of a kindred soul

Till we grab hold of a live wire up on a high line pole

The laws of nature say you get nothing for free

And love is like stealing electricity

Two hearts go d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da-da

There’s a Mexican dead on a power line

He’s deader than yesterday’s communion wine

He was trying to get something he could not afford for free

A poor man stealing electricity

His heart went d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da

D-da, d-da, d-da, d-da, d-da