Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals
by Outernational
Released on Monday, December 19th, 2011
More lyrics from
Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals–The Beginning Is Here, Fighting Song (Future Rock Mix), Canta El Río with Ceci Bastida (Outernational/Uproot Andy Remix), First Among Equals, Deportees (featuring The Nightwatchman), Ladies Of The Night, Buried and Done, The Disappeared, Que Queremos, …
Across The Borderline (featuring Bob Avakian)
Lyrics (by Outernational)
ACROSS THE BORDERLINE Written by Ry Cooder (BMI), John Hiatt (BMI), and James Luther Dickinson (BMI), USI B Music Publishing
There’s a land so I’ve been told
Every street is paved with gold
And it’s just across the borderline
(Just across the borderline)
And when it’s time to take your turn
Here’s a lesson you must learn
You will lose more than you’ll ever hope to find
And when you reach the broken promise land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you’ll know it’s too late to change your mind
‘Cos you 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 a secret no one can define
(Just across the borderline)
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Now tell me who will cross the borderline
And when you reach the broken promise land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you’ll know it’s too late to change your mind
‘Cos you paid the price to come this far
Just to wind up where you are
And you’re still just across the borderline
There’s a land so I’ve been told
Every street is paved with gold
And it’s just across the borderline
(Just across the borderline)
And when it’s time to take your turn
Here’s a lesson you must learn
You will lose more than you’ll ever hope to find
And when you reach the broken promise land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you’ll know it’s too late to change your mind
‘Cos you 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 a secret no one can define
(Just across the borderline)
The river flows on like a breath
In between our life and death
Now tell me who will cross the borderline
And when you reach the broken promise land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you’ll know it’s too late to change your mind
‘Cos you 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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