© 2008 Recorded on Time Ain't Got Nothin' On Me
I slept last night in a warm bed
food on the table and a roof over my head over my head
I dreamed a dream so far away
across the wide Sonoran across the Rio Grande Rio Grande
I was somewhere beyond the desert sand
lookin for the promise of the promised land
I lost my job at the factory
sixteen years with the company the comany
they went south of the border Ramos Arizpe
where the wages are low and the plant runs both night and day night and day
and all across the desert man
there are guards along the border of the promised land
Who crossed the wide Atlantic to find America's shore
who huddles tonight down by the bridge so hungry and homeless and poor
my brother who'll light the lamp
who's gonna open the golden door? open the golden door
I promised my father before he died
I would always be faithful I would always try always try
I got my kids to feed I got my bills to pay
I can't get ahead I keep lookin for better days better days
and it's gettin so hard to understand
lookin for the promise of the promised land