Bordertown Lyrics & Chords By Julius Hemphill

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...read more

I can sleep it off, Sleep it back to sleep, I can be most anything I want. A long way from the shade, The north side of the moon. Down here only rich men lose their shirts. And...read more

In the quiet hours before the dawn Buttons up his uniform Takes out his badge and pins it on For thirty years he's enforced the law And he drives out on the Rio Grande Across...read more

Stood a building by the river in a place called Bordertown Me and my friend Little Steven used to take our money down We were only seventeen then, starving for experience If you...read more