Will Hoge - The illegal line

Wel^Aml I must have walked for^C fourteen^Am days All^Am that I could carry and ^CI made my^Am way To ^Amthe new holy land not a ^Cgrand ^Gparade Snu^Amck across the border to the^C U.S.^AmA.

Di^Amdn't take too long for me to ^Cfind som^Ame work Jus^Amt stood there waitin round in the^C Texas^Am dirt And^Am now I lay concrete the way I^C did bac^Gk home Fro^Amm 6 am until the ^Clight is ^Amgone

The^Amn it's back to the hotel drink a ^Ccase of^Am beer One^Am for every person that's^C livin'^Am here Fou^Amr dollars an hour but ^Cnobody^G moans Cau^Amse it's three fifty more than we can ^Cget bac^Amk home

The^Amn I send the money back down to^C my sweet^Am wife So ^Amshe can tell my children '^Cbout a bet^Amter life Pap^Ama's tryin hard just to m^Cake it ^Gfine Fif^Amty miles north of that i^Cllegal ^Amline

L^Amate one night they came in th^Crough t^Amhe door W^Amith guns and lights screamin'^C get on t^Amhe floor The^Amy cuffed us up tight and hauled^C us all ^Gaway Cou^Amldn't hardly understand a singl^Ce word the^Amy'd say

Ear^Amly next mornin' judg^Ce drug us^Am in He ^Amstared us all down just li^Cke guilty^Am men He ^Amsaid any of you boys got a th^Cing to ^Gsay? I a^Amsked him what would he do if he ^Cwas in my^Am place

He ^Amsaid there's rules boy and this jus^Ct aint th^Ame way And^Am I said sometimes a starvin' family j^Cust can't^Am wait But^Am he slammed down his gavel now^C I'm doin^G time Fif^Amty miles north of that ^Cillegal l^Amine Fif^Amty miles north of that ^Cillegal l^Amine-eeeeee