Just Across The Rio Grande lyrics

Song information

Artist: Reba Mcentire
Album: The Last One To Know

Lyrics

(Don cook, chick rains)

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

Repeat chorus