Across The Borderline

Intro: Across The Borderline (Ry Cooder, J L Dickinson and John R. Hiatt) (Key: ) 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 that you must learn: You could lose more than you'll ever hope to find. When you reach the broken promised land, 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 the secrets 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? (Instrumental break: verse) En la triste oscuridad hoy tenemos que cruzar Este rio que los llama mas, mas alla.* But hope remains when pride is gone and it keeps you moving on Farther across the borderline. 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 so far Just to wind up where you are, And you're still just across the borderline. Tag: Now you're still just across the borderline. *In the grim darkness now we have come to cross this river which calls us us farther, farther beyond.