Tono: C
Introducción:
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The lights of Laredo dance on the water
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And shine in a young man's eyes.
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He stands on the border
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And dreams of paradise.
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He's heard crazy stories of how people live
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Over in the promise land.
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He heard they eat three meals a day
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Just across the Rio Grande.
He's got a wife name Maria, a baby named Rose.
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It's on - ly a river
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That's not so deep or wide.
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A boy can throw a stone across
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And reach the other side.
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It's just some muddy water
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Cutting through the land,
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But a man can make a dream come true
(Sometimes it seems like God must live)
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Just across the Rio Grande.
The lights of Laredo dance on the water