LYRICS

we don’t play in the sprinklers
stay out on summer nights
don’t have family over like we did before
we used to make tortillas
and sing the old corridos
but we no peel nopal no mo’

chorus:
in the old barrio
under the shade of a sombrero
down the old pueblo
we no peel nopal no mo’

i miss the sunlit dust at twilight since they paved our street
things have never been the same, but nobody asked me
all the neighbors’ kids used to come on by just to hang around and see
the mountain view that we used to have
ay yay, you would not believe

we can still hear church bells ring and smell the incense burn
but we don’t light no candles anymore

chorus:
in the old barrio
under the shade of a sombrero
down the old pueblo
we no peel nopal no mo’

we don’t make fiestas
we don’t take siestas
not like we did before
we used to pick the tunas
and dance under la luna
but we no peel nopal no mo’

in the old barrio
under the shade of a saguaro
down the old pueblo
we no peel nopal no mo’
in the old barrio
in the shadow of tomorrow
in the new old pueblo
we no peel nopal no mo’

oh we used to see more stars
there used to be less cars
mañana comes, yesterday goes
bienvenido
new old pueblo