Cutting through the land
Who stand on the border
He's got a wife named Maria
A boy can throw a stone across
It's only a river
It's just some muddy water
And dreams of paradise
Just across the Rio Grande
It's just some muddy water
And reach the other side
And dreams of paradise
He knows the child would have a chance
A boy can throw a stone across
It's only a river
But a man can make a dream come true
He heard they eat three meals a day
Two willing hands, that couldn't find work today
And shine in a young man's eyes
Just across the Rio Grande
And sometimes it seems like God must live
That he can't understand
Just across the Rio Grande
Over in the promised land
Sometimes it seems like God must live
That's not so deep or wide
Just across the Rio Grande
Cutting through the land
But a man can make a dream come true
He's heard crazy stories of how people live
Who stand on the border
Just across the Rio Grande
He stares at the river and curses the future
And a baby named Rose
Over in the promised land
And another one to feed on the way
And reach the other side
That's not so deep or wide
The lights of Laredo dance on the water
He's heard crazy stories of how good life is
