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Matamoras Banks

Song info

"Matamoras Banks" (2005) on the albums Devils & Dust(2005), Devils & Dust(2005).

"Matamoras Banks" Videos

Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks ("Devils & Dust" Acoustic Performances)
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks ("Devils & Dust" Acoustic Performances)
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks
Matamoros Banks
Matamoros Banks
"Matamoros Banks" (with lyrics) by Bruce Springsteen
"Matamoros Banks" (with lyrics) by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks - Seattle - 8/11/05
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks - Seattle - 8/11/05
Matamoros Banks (solo acoustic) Bruce Springsteen 4/25/2005 Detroit, MI
Matamoros Banks (solo acoustic) Bruce Springsteen 4/25/2005 Detroit, MI
Bruce Springsteen-Matamoros Banks(sub ITA)
Bruce Springsteen-Matamoros Banks(sub ITA)
Matamoros Banks (Bruce Springsteen) +Lyrics
Matamoros Banks (Bruce Springsteen) +Lyrics
Bruce Springsteen Matamoros Banks VIDEO
Bruce Springsteen Matamoros Banks VIDEO
Project Adelante
Project Adelante
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  - MATAMOROS BANKS
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - MATAMOROS BANKS
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks
Bruce Springsteen - Matamoros Banks
Leah
Leah
Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen) - Performed by Zane & Jy-Perry Banks
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen) - Performed by Zane & Jy-Perry Banks
Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay
Bruce Springsteen  Matamoros Banks
Bruce Springsteen Matamoros Banks
Matamoras Banks
Matamoras Banks
The Hitter
The Hitter
Long Time Comin'
Long Time Comin'

Lyrics

(Each year many die crossing the deserts,
mountains and rivers of our southern border
in search of a better life. Here I follow the
journey backwards, from the body at the
river bottom, to the man walking across
the desert towards the banks of the Rio Grande.)

For two days the river keeps you down
Then you rise to the light without a sound
Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards
The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars

Your clothes give way to the current and river stone
'Till every trace of who you ever were is gone
And the things of the earth they make their claim
That the things of heaven may do the same

Goodbye, my darling, for your love I give God thanks,
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks

Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds
I walk on sandals of twine and tire tread
My pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone
The pale moon opens the earth to its bones
I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks
The touch of your loving fingertips
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks

Your sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind
I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again
The lights of Brownsville, across the river shine
A shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive
I long, my darling, for your kiss, for your sweet love I give God thanks
A touch of your loving fingertips
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros
Meet me on the Matamoros banks


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