Released: January 19, 1987
Songwriter: David Hidalgo Louie Pérez
Producer: Los Lobos T Bone Burnett
Memories of a lonely past
A boat set into the wind
Drifting lost in waters of doubt
On a journey that has no end
Torn and faded photographs
A chestful of old goodbyes
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
A trio of angels holding candles of light
Guide the ship to an unknown shore
Sad soul riders with arms drawn tight
As they stopped for just one more
Fingers pointed to a star in the sky
A message from someone they can't see
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
Traveling along a cloudy path
With a wing, a heart, and a prayer
Pieces fall from the heavens above
To a place they know not where
A string of beads in trembling hands
Heading close to the judgment day
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
A boat set into the wind
Drifting lost in waters of doubt
On a journey that has no end
Torn and faded photographs
A chestful of old goodbyes
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
A trio of angels holding candles of light
Guide the ship to an unknown shore
Sad soul riders with arms drawn tight
As they stopped for just one more
Fingers pointed to a star in the sky
A message from someone they can't see
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
Traveling along a cloudy path
With a wing, a heart, and a prayer
Pieces fall from the heavens above
To a place they know not where
A string of beads in trembling hands
Heading close to the judgment day
Tear streaked faces by the light of the moon
Here on a river of fools
Here on a river of fools
more tracks from the album
El Cancionero Mas Y Mas
- Lil’ King of Everything
- Wicked Rain
- Midnight Shift
- Why Do You Do
- Bertha
- Come On, Let’s Go
- Tomorrow Never Knows (live 1993)
- Is This All There Is?
- Someday
- Dream in Blue
- Oh Yeah
- Sabor a Mi
- That Train Don’t Stop Here
- River of Fools
- The Neighborhood
- Angels With Dirty Faces
- How Much Can I Do?
- I Got Loaded
- Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
- When the Circus Comes
- Goodnight My Love
- Route 90
- She’s About a Mover (live 1996)
- Mas y Mas
- This Bird’s Gonna Fly
- Angel Dance
- Cumbia Raza (English version)
- Beautiful Maria of My Soul
- Lonely Avenue
- This Time
- Rip It Up
- Down Where the Drunkards Roll
- Can’t Stop the Rain
- Anselma
- Corrido #1
- Kiko and the Lavender Moon
- La Bamba
- Be Still
- Saint Behind the Glass
- Quatro Vicios [Ry Cooder with David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas]
- Let’s Say Goodnight
- I Walk Alone
- Peace (demo)
- Estoy Sentado Aqui
- Will the Wolf Survive?
- Lonesome Tears in My Eyes
- Maricela
- Tears of God
- Viking
- I Can’t Understand
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Down on the Riverbed
- Revolution
- Alone in a Crowd
- I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
- Evangeline
- Guantanamera
- Little John of God
- What’s Going On?
- Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes
- Till the Hands Fall Off the Clock
- My Baby’s Gone
- Try Me
- La Pistola y el Corazón
- Rio de Tenampa (demo)
- One Time, One Night
- A Matter of Time
From the albums
- By the Light of the Moon (1987)
- El Cancionero Mas Y Mas (2000)
Los Lobos popular songs
- Canción Del Mariachi
- La Bamba
- We Belong Together
- Beautiful Maria of My Soul
- Rango Theme Song
- Kitate
- Luz de Mi Vida
- Huelga en general (feat. Carmen Moreno & Steve Salas)
- I Can’t Understand
- De colores (feat. The Children of Escuela Santa Isabel)
- Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir
- Run Away With You
- Don’t Worry Baby
- No Puedo Más
- Chuco’s Cumbia
- Down on the Riverbed
- One Time, One Night
- Wooly Bully
- Wreck of the Carlos Rey
- Rio de Tenampa
- Jupiter or the Moon
- Rio de Tenampa (demo)
- The Ugly Bug Ball
- The Breakdown