INTRO:   G / C / G       G / C / C / G  (twice)
 
A man smokes and a dog stretches  A woman works and a kid kvetches 
I'm ridin' on a road that stretches  Over the border to America 
Over the border to America  (INTRO)
 
I got nothin' but lonesome time  A backyard and a religious shrine 
There must be something better over there  
Over the border to America (INRO
 
There's a lot of versions of the honest truth 
One for them and baby one for you 
One for the rich one for the poverty stricken 
One for the healthy and one for the sick and 
One for the tortured and one for the slave 
One they tell you when they put you in your grave
One for the businessman with someone else's money 
One for the beggar with nothing in his belly (INTRO)
 
We got one room to live in wife, child and man 
Not much bigger than an ice cream van 
Sometimes we walk a mile and stand and stare  
Over the border to America (INTRO)
 
I stood and watched as the wall came down  
Heard the freedom bell begin to sound 
Watched the hammer as it hit the ground 
Saw the sickle spinning round and round 
Now don't make us out to be peons or fools  
We're into Zeppelin and Paula Abdul 
Now we're all gonna live in that cultural mecca  
Order everyone a triple decker 
We're gonna buy a thousand pair of nylons
Come and live on Staten Island 
Oh Liberty let me walk in there 
Where law and justice are always fair
There's only one place to get your share 
Over the border to America 
Over the border to America