ACROSS THE BORDERLINE
Ryland Peter Cooder, John Robert Hiatt, James Luther Dickinson

There's a place where I've been told
Every street is paved with gold
And it's just across the borderline
And when it's time to take your turn
Here's a lesson you must learn
You could lose more than you ever hope to find.

And when you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
Then you'll know it's too late to change your mind
'Cause you've paid the price to come this far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline.

Up and down the Rio Grande
A thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal the secret no one can define;
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline.

En la triste oscuridad
(In the sad darkness)
Hoy tenemos que cruzal
(Today we have to cross)
Este río que nos llama más allí
(This river which calls us onward)

But hope remains when pride is gone
And it keeps you moving on
Calling you across the borderline.

When you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
Then you'll know it's too late to change your mind
'Cause you've paid the price to come this far
Just to wind up where you are
And you're still just across the borderline.

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Sheet music (Universal Music Pub.) not seen.