Matamoros Banks

[Verse 1]

For two days, the river keeps you down

Then, you rise to the light without a sound

Past the playgrounds and empty switching yards

The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars

[Verse 2]

Your clothes give way to the current and river stone

Till every trace of who you ever were is gone

And the things of the Earth, they make their claim

That the things of Heaven may do the same

[Chorus]

Goodbye, my darling

For your love, I give God thanks

Meet me on the Matamoros, meet me on the Matamoros

Meet me on the Matamoros Banks

[Verse 3]

Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds

I walk on twine and tire tread

Pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone

The pale moon opens the earth to its bones

[Chorus]

I long, my darling, for your kiss

For your sweet love, I give God thanks

The touch of your loving fingertips

Meet me on the Matamoros, Meet me on the Matamoros

Meet me on the Matamoros Banks

[Verse 4]

Your sweet memory comes on the evening wind

I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again

The lights of Brownsville across the river shine

A shout rings out. Into the silty red river, I dive

[Chorus]

I long, my darling, for your kiss

For your sweet love, I give God thanks

A touch of your loving fingertips

Meet me on the Matamoros, meet me on the Matamoros

Meet me on the Matamoros Banks