Cross the border they turn water into wine Some say it's the devil's blood They squeezing from the vine Some say it's a savior In these hard and deseprated times It seems to help me to forget And we're just born to die I came here like so many did To find a better life To find my piece of easy street To finally be alive I know nothing good comes easy All good things take some time I made my bed and I'll lie in it To die in its crime You can't help but prosper Where the streets are paved with gold They say the oil wells ran deeper here Than anybody's known Now I packed up on my wife and kids and left them back at home See there's nothing in this paydirt The ghosts are all I know [02:26.95 [02:29.59 [02:32.66 [02:35.75 [02:38.64 [08:15.25 [02:42.03 [02:44.41 [02:48.59 [04:28.22 [04:30.76 [04:33.55 [08:10.72 In the blessed name of Jesus I heard the preacher say That we are all god's children And he'll back someday I hope that he knew something as he drinks that cup of wine That I don't have to have too good of feelings As I head out to the night I cursed the sky to open I begged the clouds for rain I prayed to god for water For it's burning in my vain It was like my soul's on fire Now I have to watch the flames All my dreams went up in ashes And my future blew away Men spent their whole life waiting praying for some big reward It seem sometimes they pay off leaves You feeling like a dirty hole If I could choose the way I'll die Make it by the gun or knife 'Cause the other ways there's too much pain Night after night after night after night.... Down in dry county They're swimming in the sand Praying for some holy water To wash the sins from off our hand (No~~)