I work on the borderI see what I seeI work on the borderAnd it's working on meI lie awake at nightKnowing what I knowThere's a price on the hitOf every border patrolWhere the smugglers do businessThat's where I make a standI know this old desertLike the back of my handI see greed in the bushesI see snakes in the darkSome are friends of my brothersCan't you hear them dogs bark?I come home to MariaAt the end of the dayIn thе shape of a shadowHolding demons at bay"It's just a border," thеy sayIt was Mexican soldiersOut of a black HumveeWith their guns to their shouldersAimed at my partner and meAs they drove away laughingBut the message was clear"We don't care about nothingBut the money down here"I come home to MariaIn a bulletproof vestWith the weight of the whole wide worldBarring down on my chestIt's just a border, I guessFrom the shacks and the shanty'sCome the hungry and poorSome to drown at the crossesSome to suffer no moreGuess you heard about Campos and RamienBoth of them friends of mine, both good menThey did one thing rightAnd look what they gotFederal prisonWhere they're both gonna rotI come home to MariaWhere else would I go?Cross the river to die by myselfDown in old MexicoIt's just the border, you know
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Willie Hugh Nelson (Abbott, Texas, 29 de abril de 1933) es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense de country. El éxito en la crítica de sus álbumes Shotgun Willie (1973), Red Headed Stranger (1975) y Stardust (1978) convirtieron a Nelson en uno…
