(Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Jim Dickinson)



There's a place, so 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

There's a lesson that you must learn

You may lose more than you'll ever hope to find.



(chorus)

And when you reach that broken promised land

And all your dreams slip though your hand

You have learned 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.



Up and down The Rio Grande

A thousand foot prints in the sand

Reveal a secret no one can define

The river rolls on like a breath

In between our life and death

Tell me who is next to cross that borderline.



(chorus)

And when you reach that broken promised land

And all your dreams slip though your hand

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.