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Joaquin shed a tear for the treason

But who’d hear his desperate cry

He learned to speak English from tourists

And reading by kerosene light

He couldn’t afford education

But something was burning inside

He heard things were good in America

And that’s what had been on his mind

I met him when I was traveling

Through Mexico one summer day

Eyes twice as old as the young man

Who taught me a lesson in faith

Fate made him poor but he knew there was more

Though I never did see him again

I know somewhere in America

Joaquin must’ve found him a place

Chorus

Joaquin loves his homeland

But it can’t give him enough

He wants a good life a job and a wife

And some children with dreams that come true

Bridge

Moonless night crossing the bad land

(Ayuda me Dios)

Sign of the cross o’er his chest

(Mi vida mi fe)

Pounding heart racing til sunrise

Mile after mile without rest

Back at the border there’s papers

But politics get in the way

It may not be right but they take through the night

Some pay for the dream with their life