There's a place that I've been told
   Every street is paved with gold
   And it's just across the borderline
  
   When it's time to take your turn
   There's a lesson you must learn
   You can lose more that you ever hope to find
  
   And when you reach the broken promised land
   Every dream slips through your hand
   Then you'll know that it's too late
   To change your mind
   'Cause you pay the price to come this far
   Just to wind up where you are
   And you're still just across the borderline
  
   Up and down the Rio Grande
   A thousand footprints in the sand
   They reveal the secrets no one can define
  
   The river flows on like a breath
   In between our life and death
   Tell me who's the next to cross the borderline
  
   And when you reach the broken promised land
   Every dream slips through your hand
   And you'll lose more than you'll ever hope to find
   'Cause you pay the price to come this far
   Just to wind up where you are
   And you're still just across the borderline