Stood a building by the river in a place called Bordertown   Me and my friend Little Steven used to take our money down   We were only seventeen then, starving for experience   If you had 'bout twenty dollars, you could find a true romance      Friday came around   We were going down to Bordertown      Was a man named Dollar Bill there, take your money at the door   I'd drink an hour, build my courage, go get what I came there for   Was a girl named Rosalita, heart as big as Tennessee   Save my money every week just to get her close to me      Friday came around   I was going down to Bordertown   I was going down to Bordertown      Rosalita, Spanish Rose   Laughed at me when I proposed   I was drunk and feeling blue   Said, "I'll make an honest girl of you."      Oh no, she shot me down   Down to the ground in Bordertown   I was going down to Bordertown      Many years have come and gone, I gotta wife and family now   Drive a truck for Carolina, sometimes takes me through that town   Park my rig upon the land where the building used to stand   Sit remembering Rosalita, turned a young boy to a man.      Friday came ar4ound   I was going down, I was going down   Friday came around   I was going down to Bordertown   I was going down to Bordertown   I was going down to Bordertown