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Mexico Lyrics By James Taylor

    verse
    way down here you need a reason to move
    feel a fool running your stateside games
    lose your load leave your mind behind baby james

    oh mexico
    it sounds so simple i just got to go
    the sun’s so hot i forgot to go home
    guess i’ll have to go now

    americano got the sleepy eye
    but his body’s still shaking like a live wire
    sleepy señorita with the eyes on fire

    oh mexico
    it sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low
    the moon’s so bright like to light up the night
    make everything all right

    baby’s hungry and the money’s all gone
    the folks back home don’t want to talk on the phone
    she gets a long letter sends back a postcard
    times are hard

    oh down in mexico
    i never really been so i don’t really know
    oh mexico
    i guess i’ll have to go

    oh mexico
    i never really been but i’d sure like to go
    oh mexico
    i guess i’ll have to go now

    talking ’bout in mexico mexico
    in a honky tonk down in mexico
    oh mexico mexico
    oh mexico mexico
    oh mexico mexico

    Artist: James Taylor

    Year: 1975

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 118