Bordertown (Long Version)-Dan Seals

[00:17.90]In the quiet hours before the dawn [00:23.04]Buttons up his uniform [00:27.18]Takes out his badge and pins it on [00:31.60]For thirty years he's enforced the law [00:35.90]And he drives out on the Rio Grande [00:40.31]Across the dry and sunburned land [00:44.66]And on this side he takes his stand again [00:53.43]They won't get through this bordertown [00:57.83]He turns them back he stands his ground [01:02.25]But still they come because they know [01:06.51]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold [01:10.37]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown [01:17.99] [01:26.70]It's not his place to say what's fair [01:31.09]He's done his duty all these years [01:35.44]In his mind the law's the law [01:39.81]But then at dusk she wades across [01:43.10]And he sees the hope thats in her eyes [01:48.20]Child with dreams of a brand new life [01:52.71]It's not his job to say what's right or wrong [02:01.40]They won't get through this bordertown [02:05.83]He turns them back he stands his ground [02:10.18]But still they come because they know [02:14.51]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold [02:18.42]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown [02:30.01]As night falls over Mexico [02:34.36]He waits there as she comes ashore [02:38.84]Finished there's a moment of faith [02:43.34]He turns his back and he walks away [02:50.34] [03:14.41]They won't get through this bordertown(this bordertown) [03:18.81]He turns them back he stands his ground (stands his ground) [03:23.13]But still they come because they know (cause they know) [03:27.49]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold [03:31.30]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown [03:38.90]