Well I was thinking I was thinking about the time we crossed the border The stars in my ears The moon beating down on the water Said I was thinking I was thinking About how young we were and fearless To have and to hold that moment So old in the time left Oh I had it once in the palm of my hand Just like quicksilver Yeah I had it once When I looked by the shores with your daughter And your mother, and your father, and your sister, and your brother Now everybody is calling And why did we go across the Rio Grande Said I was thinking I was trying to catch the way it was between us Seems like all that is calm Went down like a stone in the water Oh I had it once like a light in my life will last forever Oh I had it once When I looked by the shore's with your daughter And your mother, and your father, and your sister, and your brother Now everybody is calling why did we go across the Rio Grande And your mother, and your father, and your sister, and your brother And your mother, and your father, and your sister, and your brother