Valerie Ponzio - Just A Bordertown

Cactus and tumbleweeds 
Creosote on the breeze 
Dirt roads running along the Rio Grande 

Just a West Texas map dot 
With a flat mesa backdrop
Whole lotta nothing, and then you drive right past 

It may not look like much
But, hey, I tell you what 

It taught me how to work hard 
How to love with all my heart 
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground 
It’s where I learned to pray 
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud 
No, I couldn’t see it before 
But this place is so much more 
Than just a bordertown 

Couldn’t wait to get gone
To the big world way beyond
Those Circle K Saturdays and Friday night lights

But this place wrote my story 
It’s still writing it for me 
And it’s gonna stay with me, for the rest of my life

It taught me how to work hard 
How to love with all my heart 
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground 
It’s where I learned to pray 
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud 
No, I couldn’t see it before 
But this place is so much more 
Than just a bordertown 

It may not look like much
But hey it's where I'm from

It taught me how to work hard 
How to love with all my heart 
My roots run deep in this dry desert ground 
It’s where I learned to pray 
And never be ashamed of
The people who raised me and it makes me proud 
No, I couldn’t see it before 
But this place is so much more 
Than just a bordertown 
Just a bordertown
Just a bordertown