Cocaine Charlie Lyrics

Well Cocaine Charlie drove a 1985 stepside Chevrolet
And at night along the border
He'd slip across the river
Where no one knew his name

And he'd rendezvous with Chavo
Who knew of every back road along the Rio Grande
And in the village of Hidalgo
They'd fill that old stepside with cocaine to the brim

Then he'd hand the keys to Martha
The mother of his children with one along the way
And she'd drive on back to Tejas
Without a federal agent to ever ask her name

And she would cry tears of rage
She knew that her disguise would never save her from the day
She knew that she would lay beside old Charlie in some grave

Well Cocaine Charlie
He never learned to fly
But he bought himself a plane
Cause the money he was makin'
Overrun his duffle bags and damn sure changed the game

So outside of truth or consequence
On a runway lit with candlelight Charlie parked his plane
While in the backroom of the ranch house
Martha filled Crown Royal sacks with Columbian cocaine

And she would cry tears of rage
She knew that her disguise would never save her from the day
She knew that men would kill the child that carried Charlie's name

Well Charlie heard the Chavo
Had planned to double cross him as he brought the cargo in
But he never knew that Martha
Had been wiretapped and framed by a U.S. federal man

So with a pistol on his dashboard
Charlie drove to see the lights that were flashin' on the ridge
When Martha shot him in the back
Tied his boots to cinderblocks and pushed him off the bridge

She would cry tears of rage
She knew that her disguise would never save her from this day
She knew that she would lay beside old Charlie in some grave

Well Cocaine Charlie drove a 1985 stepside Chevrolet
And at night along the border
He still slips across the river
Cause no one knows his name