Bruce Springsteen - Matamoras Banks Lyrics






(Each year many die crossing the deserts,
mountains and rivers of our southern border
in search of a better life. Here I follow the
journey backwards, from the body at the
river bottom, to the man walking across
the desert towards the banks of the Rio Grande.)

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

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

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

Over rivers of stone and ancient ocean beds
I walk on sandals of twine and tire tread
My pockets full of dust, my mouth filled with cool stone
The pale moon opens the earth to its bones
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

Your sweet memory comes on the evenin' wind
I sleep and dream of holding you in my arms again
The lights of Brownsville, across the river shine
A shout rings out and into the silty red river I dive
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





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  1. C.... B....

    Woooooouuu.... A matamoros original......,.. thank you..... Bruce for ever.....🙏

  2. j.... ....

    Beautiful.

  3. a.... d....

    Questa canzone e bella!! Ha una dolcissima melodia!! 😌😌😌😅😅😍😍💔💕💋💞

  4. m.... k....

    A song for Valeria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-il3bSxWPCo

  5. T.... P....

    wow !!!!

  6. G.... F....

    Thank you, wonderful poetry

  7. A.... B....

    Una canzone purtroppo profetica, grazie BOSS, con amore per tutti i poveri del mondo!......😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  8. M.... ....

    Unbelievable how prophetic this was.

  9. m.... ....

    Oscar Ramirez and Angie Valeria, RIP.

  10. M.... R....

    Photo of the bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, found in the Rio Grande on Monday brought this song to mind.

    M.... R....

    Me too Marianne.

  11. R.... A....

    May Oscar and his almost 2 years old daughter Valeria, drowned while crossing the river in search of a secure future, find peace on the Matamoros banks.

  12. S.... D....

    Thank you Bruce for all your.music

  13. J.... R....

    ☺☺☺

  14. A.... C....

    I can’t put to words how this moves me

  15. M.... A....

    El jefe siempre sera el jefe.
    Nadie como él.

  16. t.... g....

    Only Bruce can get away with going "ooooooo oooo ooooo" for nearly one and a half minutes in song and still sound amazing.

  17. M.... B....

    Thank you so much 💖💖

  18. M.... ....

    The Boss.

  19. S.... B....

    Es un tesoro que Dios nos a puesto en la tierra , Bruce ,te quiero

  20. L.... N....

    Legends after golden era .... peaceful, safe and sound, ...

  21. A.... ....

    GENIAL MÚSICA EN ACÚSTICO, GRANDE BRUCE

  22. C.... R....

    That guitar.

  23. C.... P....

    I'm in love with you, sorry not sorry

  24. L.... D....

    Adorooo suas músicas ....bjos

  25. P.... B....

    A man and his guitar. Can’t get any better than this.
    Be at peace.
    Thnx for sharing.

  26. T.... C....

    One of his best, I think. I love this version ...

  27. W.... M....

    Deep feeling 😘♥️

  28. M.... S....

    I love your music💖😍

  29. L.... H....

    I I remember correctly, these videos are present on the bonus material of the Devils & Dust record. I never owned the album, but these videos are so...bleak, and haunting. Just love it.

  30. V.... M....

    Eu amo amo você

  31. F.... R....

    Deep feeling ❤️... River🎸🎵🎶💚💛🤗 Thanks

  32. C.... S....

    Sometimes it just doesn't take more than Bruce, the guitar and the right song.

  33. v.... ....

    Bruce Springsteen, I used to love you like a brother. Until you poisoned things with your anti-American politics. I'm not the only one.

    How incredibly stupid of you

    v.... ....

    @vf84tcat1 This is SO relevant to the people who drowned there recently, and the illegal, inhumane way those children are being treated on the border. And he's NOT anti-American: why can't you see that? If you really love your country, your compatriots, and humanity, sometimes you have to criticise that which is simply wrong, and which brings shame on your country - that's true patriotism, NOT "my country, right or wrong"! Or even "my country is great"!

    v.... ....

    @Sophia Anatolios I second every word you wrote! Love and peace from an old english Bruce fan!

    v.... ....

    @Peter Ozanne
    You are of course talking about Obama who started the program of separating children and parents?

    By the way when Americans commit crimes do you think they allow the children to go to prison with the parents?

    v.... ....

    @vf84tcat1 Whatever Obama did, does not excuse what's happening now. Most of the children do NOT have parents in prison, but even if some of them do, it is still wrong that they are sleeping 6 to a mat, or on concrete floors, mostly cannot shower or clean their teeth, have minimal health-care etc etc. They should be detained in humane conditions WITH their parents. Many are only 3 years old. This information comes from US legal sources, whom I trust to tell the truth - unlike some politicians I could mention.

    v.... ....

    @Peter Ozanne
    You're a pathetic excuse for a parent. You actually think it's ok for these parents to put their children through this so they can come to America illegally and steal jobs from American citizens. Fuck you bastard. You along with those criminal parents need your fucking teeth you filthy son of a bitch. Disgusting trash

  34. F.... B....

    👍👌🧡💛💚💙🎶🎶🎵🎵

  35. A.... M....

    Probably the only song Bruce wrote that starts at the sad ending, then moves backwards like a movie in reverse. It gives the story an extra tension and poignancy.

  36. D.... F....

    I am just loving these songs done with just his faithful guitar and wonderful voice.🎼♥️🇦🇺💋🇺🇸

  37. m.... h....

    Beautiful 😩💜

  38. e.... m....

    Nice love song 💞 👏

  39. C.... J....

    Simplemente genial, sos un grande, saludos de la Argentina. Muy buenos recuerdos tenemos de ti.

  40. C.... C....

    Meu amor! Eu te amo muito querido, te amo meu namorado,hoje eu te amo mais do que ontem

  41. d.... m....

    Uno dei pezzi più brutti del Boss.
    Grazie

    d.... m....

    Oggi capisci? Oggi dopo la tragedia del padre e la figlia morti abbracciati. Oggi capisci?

    d.... m....

    Io parlavo musicalmente. Come testo tutti sono top del Boss

  42. F.... L....

    Maravilhoso, acompanhar sua trajetória foi muito especial, vc é demais. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  43. S.... A....

    🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼💐❇️🏵️

  44. M.... V....

    Belíssima música. Uma feliz semana. 😍😍😍

  45. V.... B....

    The Boss 🎸🎤💎 Love 💘 forever

  46. B.... M....

    As an amateur poet, I admire the way Bruce is able to conjure and inhabit this person's ill-fated plight. "The turtles eat the skin from your eyes, so they lay open to the stars" is one of the best lines of poetry I've read.

  47. S.... D....

    Thank you so much for this.bruce

  48. R.... A....

    Brilliant song. Love the BOSS! 👀🎼🎧🎶❤️

  49. R.... A....

    I Love You ❤❤❤❤❤ Brasil. Sou sua fã. Amo você! ❤❤❤❤

  50. s.... o....

    😘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

  51. I.... M....

    👏👏👏👏👏😍

  52. M.... A....

    I love when this man singing ❤❤❤

  53. M.... B....

    Beautifully sung ..... so very relevant now .

  54. M.... D....

    This is just amazing😍🙌

  55. V.... K....

    🎵🎶🎸BRUCE THANK

  56. B.... S....

    💕😍

  57. h.... s....

    And most wonderful song I am sitting on the edge of the bed thinking about my life my wife holding my hands every Word you sing my heart flutters pain she is in the world and now I am on my own now Mr Bruce boss them hit you in the heart explode of love comes from the song it is okay for people who are lost someone it holds a lot of memories thank you Mr Bruce boss

    h.... s....

    Do you smoke crack? This made no sense!

  58. M.... A....

    💥💥💥💥

  59. F.... A....

    Bruce Springsteen the rock kniaht .🎸🎤🎵🎵☝️💕💋♥️🇨🇷

  60. p.... n....

    Whoever is sending me these f****** videos I don't like Bruce Springsteen I'm not subscribed to your Channel so f*** off please

  61. J.... R....

    I long my darling for your kiss

  62. m.... m....

    Thank you Bruce Springsteen 👏 😉 💖 🔊👍😁👏👏👏👏