[00:00.000] 作曲 : Tish Hinojosa[00:10.736]Joaquin shed a tear for the treason[00:15.747]But who’d hear his desperate cry[00:20.719]He learned to speak English from tourists[00:25.697]And reading by kerosene light[00:31.342]He couldn’t afford education[00:36.575]But something was burning inside[00:41.410]He heard things were good in America[00:46.478]And that’s what had been on his mind[00:52.095]I met him when I was traveling[00:56.989]Through Mexico one summer day[01:02.271]Eyes twice as old as the young man[01:07.349]Who taught me a lesson in faith[01:12.542]Fate made him poor but he knew there was more[01:17.387]Though I never did see him again[01:22.891]I know somewhere in America[01:27.823]Joaquin must’ve found him a place[01:32.337]Chorus[01:33.139]Joaquin loves his homeland[01:38.319]But it can’t give him enough[01:43.657]He wants a good life a job and a wife[01:48.210]And some children with dreams that come true[01:52.543]Bridge[02:01.727]Moonless night crossing the bad land[02:05.649](Ayuda me Dios)[02:06.869]Sign of the cross o’er his chest[02:10.260](Mi vida mi fe)[02:12.071]Pounding heart racing til sunrise[02:16.931]Mile after mile without rest[02:22.113]Back at the border there’s papers[02:26.838]But politics get in the way[02:32.190]It may not be right but they take through the night[02:37.146]Some pay for the dream with their life[02:42.093]Joaquin loves his homeland[02:47.185]But it can’t give him enough[02:53.033]He wants a good life a job and a wife[02:57.779]And some children with dreams that come true[03:03.326]He wants a good life a job and a wife[03:07.608]And some children with dreams that come true