Just Across The Rio Grande Lyrics - Reba Mcentire

The lights of Laredo dance on the water 

And shine in a young man's eyes 

Who stand on the border 

And dreams of paradise 

He's heard crazy stories of how people live 

Over in the promised land 

He heard they eat three meals a day 

Just across the Rio Grande 

He's got a wife named Maria 

And a baby named Rose 

And another one to feed on the way 

Two willing hands, that couldn't find work today 

He stares at the river and curses the future 

That he can't understand 

He knows the child would have a chance 

Just across the Rio Grande 

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It's only a river 

That's not so deep or wide 

A boy can throw a stone across 

And reach the other side 

It's just some muddy water 

Cutting through the land 

But a man can make a dream come true 

Just across the Rio Grande 

The lights of Laredo dance on the water 

And shine in a young man's eyes 

Who stand on the border 

And dreams of paradise 

He's heard crazy stories of how good life is 

Over in the promised land 

And sometimes it seems like God must live 

Just across the Rio Grande 

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It's only a river 

That's not so deep or wide 

A boy can throw a stone across 

And reach the other side 

It's just some muddy water 

Cutting through the land 

But a man can make a dream come true 

Just across the Rio Grande 

Sometimes it seems like God must live 

Just across the Rio Grande