Just Across the Rio Grande

The lights of Laredo dance on the water

And shine in a young man's eyes

Who stand on the border

And dreams of paradise

He's heard crazy stories of how people live

Over in the promised land

He heard they eat three meals a day

Just across the Rio Grande

He's got a wife named Maria

And a baby named Rose

And another one to feed on the way

Two willing hands, that couldn't find work today

He stares at the river and curses the future

That he can't understand

He knows the child would have a chance

Just across the Rio Grande

It's only a river

That's not so deep or wide

A boy can throw a stone across

And reach the other side

It's just some muddy water

Cutting through the land

But a man can make a dream come true

Just across the Rio Grande

The lights of Laredo dance on the water

And shine in a young man's eyes

Who stand on the border

And dreams of paradise

He's heard crazy stories of how good life is

Over in the promised land

And sometimes it seems like God must live

Just across the Rio Grande

It's only a river

That's not so deep or wide

A boy can throw a stone across

And reach the other side

It's just some muddy water

Cutting through the land

But a man can make a dream come true

Just across the Rio Grande

Sometimes it seems like God must live

Just across the Rio Grande