Border Town Lyrics - Gretchen Peters

Carmelita was a street angel but she kept her halo hid 

Never learned to read or write so well, she was just a farmer's kid 

She took communion at the age of twelve, she wore a cross of wood 

She heard the clanging of the mission bell 

And she vowed that she'd be good 

But the world goes round and it's hard enough to stand your ground 

There's always someone tryin' to keep you down in a border town 

Mamacita said you can't go down, stay away from the white man's world 

She drew the line at the edge of town for her little, dark-haired girl 

But Carmelita she had other plans and her life had just begun 

She ran away with a black-eyed man and he left her with a black-eyed son 

But the world goes round and it's hard enough to stand your ground 

There's always someone tryin' to keep you down in a border town 

Carmelita, now she's settlin' down, she's not so free and wild 

She rides a bus, all the way across town to love somebody else's child 

Shows up each morning, right on time and at six o'clock, she's gone 

She keeps her distance and she toes the line 

'Cause she knows where it's been drawn 

But the world goes round and it's hard enough to stand your ground 

There's always someone tryin' to keep you down in a border town