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The Line

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Eerste keer gespeeld op: 21/11/1995

Laatste keer gespeeld op: 13/08/2005

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I got my discharge from Fort Irwin
took a place on the San Diego county line
felt funny bein' a civilian again
it'd been some time
my wife had died a year ago
I was still tryin' to find my way back whole
went to work for the INS on the line
With the California Border Patrol


Bobby Ramirez was a ten-year veteran
We became friends
his family was from Guanajuato
so the job it was different for him
He said' "They risk death in the deserts and mountains"
pay all they got to the smugglers rings,
we send 'em home and they come right back again
Carl, hunger is a powerful thing."


Well I was good at doin' what I was told
kept my uniform pressed and clean
at night I chased their shadows
through the arroyos and ravines

drug runners, farmers with their families,
young women with little children by their sides
come night we'd wait out in the canyons
and try to keep 'em from crossin' the line


Well the first time that I saw her
she was in the holdin' pen
Our eyes met and she looked away
then she looked back again
her hair was black as coal
her eyes reminded me of what I'd lost
she had a young child cryin' in her arms
and I asked, "Senora, is there anything I can do"


There's a bar in Tijuana
where me and Bobby drink alongside
the same people we'd sent back the day before
we met there she said her name was Louisa
she was from sonora and had just come north
we danced and I held her in my arms
and I knew what I would do
she said she had some family in Madera county

if she, her child and her younger brother could just get through

At night they come across the levy
in the searchlights dusty glow
we'd rush 'em in our Broncos
and force 'em back down into the river below
she climbed into my truck
she leaned towards me and we kissed
as we drove her brothers shirt slipped open

and I saw the tape across his chest

We were just about on the highway
when Bobby's jeep come up in the dust on my right
I pulled over and let my engine run
and stepped out into his lights
I felt myself movin'
felt my gun restin' 'neath my hand
we stood there starin' at each other

as off through the arroyo she ran

Bobby Ramirez he never said nothin'
6 months later I left the line
I drifted to the central valley
and took what work I could find
at night I searched the local bars
and the migrant towns
Lookin' for my Louisa

with the black hair fallin' down
Gespeeld in:
21/11/1995State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJVerenigde Staten
22/11/1995Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJVerenigde Staten
26/11/1995Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CAVerenigde Staten
27/11/1995Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CAVerenigde Staten
29/11/1995Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAVerenigde Staten
30/11/1995Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CAVerenigde Staten
03/12/1995Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, ILVerenigde Staten
05/12/1995Constitution Hall, Washington, DCVerenigde Staten
06/12/1995Constitution Hall, Washington, DCVerenigde Staten
08/12/1995Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAVerenigde Staten
09/12/1995Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAVerenigde Staten
12/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYVerenigde Staten
13/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYVerenigde Staten
15/12/1995Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAVerenigde Staten
16/12/1995Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAVerenigde Staten
17/12/1995Beacon Theater, New York, NYVerenigde Staten
07/01/1996Place des Arts, MontrealCanada
08/01/1996Massey Hall, TorontoCanada
10/01/1996Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIVerenigde Staten
11/01/1996Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIVerenigde Staten
12/01/1996Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, OHVerenigde Staten
16/01/1996Music Hall, Cleveland, OHVerenigde Staten
17/01/1996Music Hall, Cleveland, OHVerenigde Staten
18/01/1996Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOVerenigde Staten
22/01/1996Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LAVerenigde Staten
23/01/1996Jesse Jones Hall, Houston, TXVerenigde Staten
25/01/1996Music Hall, Austin, TXVerenigde Staten
26/01/1996Bronco Bowl, Dallas, TXVerenigde Staten
28/01/1996Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GAVerenigde Staten
12/02/1996Alte Opera, Frankfurt am MainDuitsland
14/02/1996Kulturpalast, DresdenDuitsland
15/02/1996Rudi Sedlmayer Halle, MünchenDuitsland
17/02/1996CCH Halle 1, HamburgDuitsland
18/02/1996Phillipshalle, DüsseldorfDuitsland
21/02/1996Le Zénith de Paris, ParijsFrankrijk
22/02/1996Le Zénith de Paris, ParijsFrankrijk
25/02/1996De Doelen, RotterdamNederland
26/02/1996Carré, AmsterdamNederland
28/02/1996Apollo Theatre, ManchesterGroot Brittannië
29/02/1996Symphony Hall, BirminghamGroot Brittannië
02/03/1996City Hall, NewcastleGroot Brittannië
03/03/1996Playhouse Theatre, EdinburghGroot Brittannië
13/03/1996The Cirkus, StockholmZweden
14/03/1996Spektrum, OsloNoorwegen
16/03/1996Falkoner-Teatret, KopenhagenDenemarken
19/03/1996Kings Hall, BelfastGroot Brittannië
20/03/1996The Point, DublinIerland
10/04/1996Auditorium S.Cecilia, RomeItalië
11/04/1996Teatro Smeraldo, MilaanItalië
13/04/1996Teatro Carlo Felice, GenuaItalië
16/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondenGroot Brittannië
17/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondenGroot Brittannië
19/04/1996ICC, BerlijnDuitsland
20/04/1996Queen Elizabeth Hall, AntwerpenBelgië
22/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondenGroot Brittannië
24/04/1996Brixton Academy, LondenGroot Brittannië
25/04/1996Brixton Academy, LondenGroot Brittannië
27/04/1996Royal Albert Hall, LondenGroot Brittannië
30/04/1996Palais de Congres, StraatsburgFrankrijk
01/05/1996Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, BrusselBelgië
02/05/1996Kongresshaus, ZurichZwitserland
06/05/1996Teatre Tívoli, BarcelonaSpanje
07/05/1996Teatre Tívoli, BarcelonaSpanje
08/05/1996Palacio de Congresos, MadridSpanje
16/09/1996Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PAVerenigde Staten
18/09/1996Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CTVerenigde Staten
19/09/1996Performing Arts Center, Providence, RIVerenigde Staten
24/09/1996Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MIVerenigde Staten
25/09/1996University of Akron, Thomas Hall, Akron, OHVerenigde Staten
26/09/1996University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIVerenigde Staten
01/10/1996Braden Auditorium, Normal, ILVerenigde Staten
02/10/1996Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WIVerenigde Staten
03/10/1996Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MNVerenigde Staten
15/10/1996Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UTVerenigde Staten
16/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Denver, COVerenigde Staten
17/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Denver, COVerenigde Staten
19/10/1996Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NMVerenigde Staten
21/10/1996Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZVerenigde Staten
22/10/1996Civic Theatre, San Diego, CAVerenigde Staten
23/10/1996Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, CAVerenigde Staten
25/10/1996Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara, CAVerenigde Staten
26/10/1996Event Center Arena, San Jose, CAVerenigde Staten
28/10/1996Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, ORVerenigde Staten
29/10/1996Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WAVerenigde Staten
08/11/1996St. Rose of Lima School, Freehold, NJVerenigde Staten
12/11/1996Shea\'s Perf. Arts Center, Buffalo, NYVerenigde Staten
13/11/1996Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NYVerenigde Staten
14/11/1996Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MAVerenigde Staten
19/11/1996North Auditorium, Memphis, TNVerenigde Staten
20/11/1996The Louisville Palace, Louisville, KYVerenigde Staten
21/11/1996Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, INVerenigde Staten
24/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJVerenigde Staten
25/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJVerenigde Staten
26/11/1996Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJVerenigde Staten
02/12/1996Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FLVerenigde Staten
03/12/1996Sunrise Musical Theater, Sunrise, FLVerenigde Staten
05/12/1996Township Auditorium, Columbia, SCVerenigde Staten
06/12/1996Jefferson Civic Centre, Birmingham, ALVerenigde Staten
10/12/1996Music Hall, Cincinnati, OHVerenigde Staten
11/12/1996Veteran\'s Auditorium, Columbus, OHVerenigde Staten
12/12/1996Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TNVerenigde Staten
14/12/1996Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte, NCVerenigde Staten
27/01/1997Tokyo International Forum Hall, TokyoJapan
29/01/1997Tokyo International Forum Hall, TokyoJapan
30/01/1997Tokyo International Forum Hall, TokyoJapan
31/01/1997Tokyo International Forum Hall, TokyoJapan
04/02/1997Concert Hall, BrisbaneAustralië
05/02/1997Concert Hall, BrisbaneAustralië
07/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralië
08/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralië
10/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralië
11/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralië
12/02/1997Capitol Theatre, SydneyAustralië
15/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralië
16/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralië
17/02/1997The Palais, MelbourneAustralië
06/05/1997Austria Center, WenenOostenrijk
07/05/1997Austria Center, WenenOostenrijk
09/05/1997Sala Congresowa, WarschauPolen
10/05/1997Sala Congresowa, WarschauPolen
12/05/1997Congress Center, PraagTsjechië
15/05/1997Auditorium M.Ravel, LyonFrankrijk
16/05/1997Opera Berlioz-Le Corum, MontpellierFrankrijk
18/05/1997Acropolis, NiceFrankrijk
19/05/1997Le Zenith-Omega, ToulonFrankrijk
21/05/1997Teatro Verdi, FlorenceItalië
22/05/1997Teatro Augusteo, NapelsItalië
25/05/1997Palais des congrès de Paris, ParijsFrankrijk
26/05/1997Palais des congrès de Paris, ParijsFrankrijk
03/05/2005Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CAVerenigde Staten
11/05/2005Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, ILVerenigde Staten
15/05/2005CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OHVerenigde Staten
28/05/2005Royal Albert Hall, LondenGroot Brittannië
18/07/2005HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NYVerenigde Staten
13/08/2005Pontiac Theatre at GM Place, VancouverCanada