Bordertown Lyrics - 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