[00:17.67]In the quiet hours before the dawn
[00:22.98]Buttons up his uniform
[00:27.12]Takes out his badge and pins it on
[00:31.41]For thirty years he's enforced the law
[00:35.10]And he drives out on the Rio Grande
[00:40.32]Across the dry and sunburned land
[00:44.64]And on this side he takes his stand again
[00:53.40]They won't get through this bordertown
[00:57.81]He turns them back he stands his ground
[01:02.19]But still they come because they know
[01:06.57]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold
[01:10.23]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown
[01:26.46]It's not his place to say what's fair
[01:30.78]He's done his duty all these years
[01:35.43]In his mind the law's the law
[01:38.10]But then at dusk she wades across
[01:43.08]And he sees the hope that's in her eyes
[01:48.30]Child with dreams of a brand new life
[01:52.71]It's not his job to say what's right or wrong
[02:01.47]They won't get through this bordertown
[02:05.85]He turns them back he stands his ground
[02:10.22]But still they come because they know
[02:14.61]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold
[02:18.30]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown
[02:29.88]As night falls over Mexico
[02:32.79]He waits there as she comes ashore
[02:38.85]Finished there's a moment of faith
[02:43.32]He turns his back and he walks away
[03:14.40]They won't get through this bordertown
[03:17.31]This bordertown
[03:18.78]He turns them back he stands his ground
[03:22.68]Stands his ground
[03:23.16]But still they come because they know
[03:26.28]Cause they know
[03:27.57]Somewhere the streets are paved with gold
[03:31.23]Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown