Tom Pacheco MIDNITE WATERS OF THE RIO GRANDE Farewell sweet Rosario Give a kiss to Manuel Tell Rosalie to think of me When she hears the mission bells And some day soon I will send for you For this family is my soul In the City of the Angels We will gather and be whole In the land of milk and honey I can work for honest money I can feed my family and feel like I'm a man To search for every dream I've lost Tonight I'm gonna swim across The midnite waters of the Rio Grande By the border guards I'll slip away Like the wind through the rocks and sand And I'll walk all night in the cold moonlight With your pictures in my hand Though the hardships will be many And the choices will be few I will work the flesh right off my bones For that day when I see you Together we will not be sad We'll share all that we find For no sacrifice will be as bad As the life we left behind