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 one lesson that you must learn
You could lose more than you’ll ever hope to find
When you reach the broken promised land
And every dream slips through your hands
Then you’ll know that it’s too late to change your mind
'Cause you’ve paid the price to come so 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 a 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 cruzar (today we have to cross)
Este río que nos llama más allá (this river which calls us further away)
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
And you’ll know it’s too late to change your mind
'Cause you pay the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And you’re still just across the borderline
Now you’re still just across the borderline
And you’re still just across the borderline
I feel so sorry for them. Yet many of them pay coyotes hundreds of dollars to cross them into the land of streets paved with gold. They should use that money and hire a good attorney to fix their visas and obtain green cards.
In the U K in the 80s there was a TV show where people could send in their video interpretations of "classic" songs,after the first episode,I refused to watch it again,as it contaminated my own visions of the songs, but you have given added meaning to one of many of Ryland`s masterpieces. Well done .
many mejicanos feel their land has been stolen from them and so have the right to seek a better life where once their ancestors lived..I speak because I lived among them in the states...and the gringos treat them like dirt..most of all the bloody cop$$. !!