
Date of issue: 31.12.2003
Record label: Rounder
Song language: English
Borderline |
In the still of the desert, in the light of the moon |
Armando walks all alone |
And the river ahead holds promise and dread |
And he’s 900 miles from his home. |
He pays the coyotes, |
Dodges La Migra |
Walks for 400 days. |
When he finally hits Austin |
The boomtown is busting |
But he takes what the contractor pays. |
When the love for family is stronger than fear |
When the desperation sets in, |
A man will cross any line that is drawn |
And who’s to say its a sin. |
And he crossed himself at the borderline. |
He wired the dollars to Elena back home |
as he roomed with 10 desperate men. |
When the builders had enough, the INS cuffed him |
And its back to the border again. |
A tearful reunion with family and friends, |
but soon the reality sets in. |
There’s no work to be found in the dry desert ground, |
He must head for Estados again. |
From Guadalajara come a man with no name, |
He said you can have all that you need, |
There’s no contract to sign but the terms are your life, |
If you take my money and seed. |
When the love for family is stronger than fear, |
When the desperation sets in. |
A man will cross any line that is drawn |
And who’s to say it’s a sin, |
And he crossed himself at the borderline. |
Payments were made, the seed it was sown |
Armondo watched the crop grow, |
Even his brother-in-law in the army |
was in on the plan from the go. |
Seven months gone, and the crop gathered in |
But the brother has a plan of his own |
He orders a raid, the army invades |
He takes what the village has grown. |
In from the west came the man with no name, |
He said someone must pay with their life |
We know your brothers, your father, your mother, |
Your children, your sister, your wife |
Now we cannot touch your sister’s young husband |
Tu Cunao is a military man |
But you can decide who lives and who dies |
And he placed the gun in his hand. |
When the love for family is stronger than fear |
When the desperation sets in |
A man will cross any line that is drawn |
And who’s to say its a sin, |
And he crossed himself at the borderline. |
In the still of the desert in the light of the moon, |
Armando walks all alone. |
And the river ahead |
Holds promise and dread |
And he’s 900 miles from his home. |
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