Rio Grande

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Gabriel DeLayne

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General Taylor ordered his troops into parallel rows
And marched 'em south to an outcrop opposite Matamoros
They set up the cannons by the written decree of President Polk
Inciting a war for the territory of Mexico
And so the armies fought and slew
Dying by each other's hands
But you couldn't tell whose blood was whose
When it all ran into the Rio Grande
Now up in Laredo, on my way back from the bar last night
I turned onto Monroe off of Convent Ave., and walked on by
A corner preacher thumping on his book of law
Who claimed our country was given by the grace of God
So on I went with that phrase echoing in my ears
Remembering the carnage of those early years
"Grace of God", wondering what it could mean
I stumbled home, fell asleep and had a dream
That John the Baptist came back to life
Looking for a place to set up camp
And I led him down by the morning light
To the holy waters of the Rio Grande
And when I awoke I ran
To the banks on which I stand
Looking out across the land
I wish I could have seen it long before it had ever been found
Just a nameless river rolling away through the prairie ground
And the buffalo crossing with no notion of border lines
And the eagle flying with no nation to symbolize
Such a beautiful sight to leave us
Must it be the fate of man
To blindly suffer his own ideas
As in the case of the Rio Grande

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