Across the Borderline Songtext
von Willy DeVille

There′s a place, so I've been told
Where every street is paved with gold
And it′s just across the border line
And when it's time to take your turn
There's one lesson that you must learn
You could lose more than you ever thought you′d find

And when you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you know it′s too late to change your mind

Because you paid the price to come so far
Just to wind up here where you are
And it's still just across the border line
And when you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you know it′s too late to change your mind


Because you paid the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And it's still just across the border line

Now up and down the Rio Grande
A thousand footprints in the sand
Reveal a secret no one can define
The river rolls on like a breath
In between this life and death
Tell me who′s the next to cross the border line

And when you reach the broken promised land
Every dream slips through your hands
And you know it's too late to change your mind
Because you paid the price to come so far
Just to wind up where you are
And it′s still just across the border line

And you're still just across the border line
Now tell me who's the next to cross the border line