Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Award-winning songwriter Bruce Michael Miller stopped by the mini-studio at SERFA in 2016 to record this stunning song he co-wrote with Amanda Louise called Crossing The Border. This has become one of my favorite videos. An outstanding performance. Great songwriters always get my attention and the process for writing interests me as well. Bruce says, "We were thinking about different kinds of borders. Actually physical borders, racial barriers or borders, and the borders between life and death. I had this cool guitar riff and it just came together, It did take 5 years to get it to the final rendition. I think it works pretty good now." This song is slated to be the title track from his forthcoming cd. brucemichaelmiller.com
Lyrics:
DON’T SEND ME BACK
BEGGED RAMON IN EL PASO
NO WORK CAN BE FOUND
DOWN IN MEXICO
PLEASE TURN YOUR HEAD SIR
LIKE YOU DIDN’T SEE ME
MY MAMA DEPENDS
ON THE MONEY I SEND HOME
CROSSING THE BORDER
TO THE OTHER SIDE
CROSSING THE BORDER
LA VIRGEN GUADELUPE’S SPIRIT IS HIS GUIDE
WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS
(HE’S) CROSSING THE BORDER
FATE SMILED THAT DAY
ON RAMON AT THE BORDER
AND SOON HE MET RITA
WHITE SKIN AND BLUE EYES
THEY KNEW THAT THEIR LOVE
IT WAS SOMETHING FORBIDDEN
IN MIXING THEIR COLORS
THEY WERE RISKING THEIR LIVES
CROSSING THE BORDER
OF THE RACIAL LINES
CROSSING THE BORDER
THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS SAID
STICK TO YOUR OWN KIND
BUT THE LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS
HELPED THEM OVER
CROSSING THE BORDER
THEY SWAM THEIR WAY
THROUGH LIFE’S RIVER OF SORROWS
THEIR CHILDREN GAVE THEM PURPOSE
THEIR LOVE KEPT THEM ALIVE
RAMON HELD HER HAND
WHEN THE CANCER TOOK RITA
SAID DARLIN SOON I’LL JOIN YOU
AND KISSED HER GOODBYE
CROSSING THE BORDER
TO THE OTHER SIDE
CROSSING THE BORDER
Award-winning songwriter Bruce Michael Miller stopped by the mini-studio at SERFA in 2016 to record this stunning song he co-wrote with Amanda Louise called Crossing The Border. This has become one of my favorite videos. An outstanding performance. Great songwriters always get my attention and the process for writing interests me as well. Bruce says, "We were thinking about different kinds of borders. Actually physical borders, racial barriers or borders, and the borders between life and death. I had this cool guitar riff and it just came together, It did take 5 years to get it to the final rendition. I think it works pretty good now." This song is slated to be the title track from his forthcoming cd. brucemichaelmiller.com
Lyrics:
DON’T SEND ME BACK
BEGGED RAMON IN EL PASO
NO WORK CAN BE FOUND
DOWN IN MEXICO
PLEASE TURN YOUR HEAD SIR
LIKE YOU DIDN’T SEE ME
MY MAMA DEPENDS
ON THE MONEY I SEND HOME
CROSSING THE BORDER
TO THE OTHER SIDE
CROSSING THE BORDER
LA VIRGEN GUADELUPE’S SPIRIT IS HIS GUIDE
WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS
(HE’S) CROSSING THE BORDER
FATE SMILED THAT DAY
ON RAMON AT THE BORDER
AND SOON HE MET RITA
WHITE SKIN AND BLUE EYES
THEY KNEW THAT THEIR LOVE
IT WAS SOMETHING FORBIDDEN
IN MIXING THEIR COLORS
THEY WERE RISKING THEIR LIVES
CROSSING THE BORDER
OF THE RACIAL LINES
CROSSING THE BORDER
THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS SAID
STICK TO YOUR OWN KIND
BUT THE LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS
HELPED THEM OVER
CROSSING THE BORDER
THEY SWAM THEIR WAY
THROUGH LIFE’S RIVER OF SORROWS
THEIR CHILDREN GAVE THEM PURPOSE
THEIR LOVE KEPT THEM ALIVE
RAMON HELD HER HAND
WHEN THE CANCER TOOK RITA
SAID DARLIN SOON I’LL JOIN YOU
AND KISSED HER GOODBYE
CROSSING THE BORDER
TO THE OTHER SIDE
CROSSING THE BORDER
