Bordertown - Chris Whitley

Out on a range in a season too soon

No electric light up in my room

With a dark skin woman, I’m naked and sane

You could learn about the world in an afternoon

But the Bordertown shook my hand

It was the gateway to some other land

I said, ?The Bordertown is the great divide

And just the gateway to some other side?

I got to get across

Now, some folks live in the trailer park, yeah

With the Naugahyde law and the liquor shark

Where the networks and the new machine

They don’t even try to make no mark

Yeah, see the Bordertown shook my hand

It was the gateway to some other land

Yeah and now the Bordertown is the great divide

And just the gateway to some other side

I got to get across

When you came 'round I loved you well

When you got paid it was harder to tell

Now I got no grind with cruel gold

I’m just sittin' round wondering what next to sell

Yeah and now the Bordertown shook my hand

It was the gateway to some other land, yeah

And now the Bordertown is the great divide

And just the gateway to some other side

Yeah and now the Bordertown shook my hand

It was the gateway to some other land

Yeah, I got to get across