Briscoe - Flashlights in the Canyon (Official Lyric Video)

“Flashlights in the Canyon” taken from Briscoe’s new album, ‘Heat of July’ out now via ATO Records. Purchase and stream the album here: https://atorecords-ffm.com/heatofjuly FOLLOW BRISCOE:   / briscoetheband     / briscoeband     / briscoetheband   https://x.com/Briscoeband https://www.briscoetheband.com/ Briscoe is Truett Heintzelman & Phillip Lupton. Video by: Jackson Ingraham LYRICS: Part 1 (rancher’s perspective) There’s flashlights in the canyon I can see them through the rain I hope their safe and warm tonight But I’ll lock my door the same I’ll sleep next to my pistol Cause I just don’t ever know If it’s one of those coyote bands Or a woman all alone Im 30 miles from the nearest town But I’m ten miles from the line Where old Mexico and Texas go To draw up their border signs Don’t I have a right at night to sleep with both eyes closed but I'll sleep with one wide open Case the flashlights get too close Way down here on the border All a man can do is pray There’s flashlights the canyon I can see them through the rain Part 2 (woman’s perspective) I've been walking now 89 miles I got no time to waste I got a life to prove and a job to do And a baby on the way That baby’s getting heavy I feel it kicking in my side If I can’t keep the pace them boys will leave my ass behind I had two cousins smuggled in They worked for years to pay their way One died out in the desert One’s up working in LA Me I met up with this band of boys Who smuggle fentanyl And I’m worried where they’ll let me go If they let me go at all Way down here on the border all a girl can do is pray There’s a house up on the hill I see the floodlights through the rain Part 3 (land the plane) I wake up early in the morning Load the truck to start my day I head out from the house And not a half a mile away I ride up on a woman calling out for me to help No time to lose, her baby’s due And she’s all by herself So I lay her ‘cross the backseat And I head Del Rio way It’s the closest hospital A good two hours away That coyote he left her there Alone to live or die She spent the whole night through Just stumbling toward the light Way down here on the border All that we can do is pray There’s flashlights in the canyon I can see them through the rain