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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Willie Nelson
Acoustic Guitar
Mickey Raphael
Harmonica
Bobby Terry
Acoustic Guitar
James Mitchell
Electric Guitar
Jim "Moose" Brown
Piano
Fred Eltringham
Drums
Barry Bales
Upright Bass
Buddy Cannon
Background Vocals
Melonie Cannon
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rodney Crowell
Songwriter
Allen Shamblin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buddy Cannon
Producer
Mark Rothbaum
Executive Producer
Tony Castle
Recording Engineer
Michelle Freetly
Assistant Engineer
Andrew Mendelson
Mastering Engineer
Luke Armentrout
Assistant Engineer
Joey Salit
Assistant Engineer
Adam Battershell
Assistant Engineer
Taylor Chadwick
Assistant Engineer
Sean R. Badum
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I work on the border
I see what I see
I work on the border
And it's workin' on me
I lie awake at night
Knowin' what I know
There's a price on the head
Of every border patrol
[Verse 2]
Where the smugglers do business
That's where I make a stand
I know this old desert
Like the back of my hand
I see greed in the bushes
I see snakes in the dark
Some are friends of my brothers
Can't you hear them dogs bark
[Chorus]
I come home to Maria
At the end of the day
In the shape of a shadow
Holding demons at bay
It's just the border they say
[Verse 3]
It was Mexican soldiers
Out of a black Humvee
With their guns to their shoulders
Aimed at my partner and me
As they drove away laughin'
But the message was clear
We don't care about nothin'
But the money downhere
[Chorus]
I come home to Maria
In a bullet proof vest
With the weight of the whole wide world
Bearin' down on my chest
It's just the border I guess
[Bridge]
From the shacks and the shanties
Come the hungry and poor
Some to drown at the crossing
Some to suffer no more
[Verse 4]
I guess you heard about Campos
And Ramien
Both of them friends of mine
Both good men
They did one thing right
And look what they got
Federal prison
Where they're both gonna rot
[Chorus]
I come home to Maria
Where else would I go
Across the river to die by myself
Down in old Mexico
It's just the border you know
Written by: Allen Shamblin, Rodney Crowell