Across The Borderline lyrics

(ry cooder/john hiatt/jim dickinson)Theres a place, so Ive been told,Every street is paved with goldAnd its just across the borderlineAnd when its time to take your turnTheres a lesson that you must learnYou may lose more than youll ever hope to find.(chorus)And when you reach that broken promised landAnd all your dreams slip though your handYou have learned its too late to change your mindCause you pay the price to come so farJust to wind up where you areAnd youre still just across the borderline.Up and down the rio grandeA thousand foot prints in the sandReveal a secret no one can defineThe river rolls on like a breathIn between our life and deathTell me who is next to cross that borderline.(chorus)And when you reach that broken promised landAnd all your dreams slip though your handYoull know its too late to change your mindCause you pay the price to come so farJust to wind up where you areAnd youre still just across the borderline.