JIMMY BUFFETT - Mexico lyrics

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By: james taylor<br>1975<br>Way down here<br>Ou need a reason to move<br>Feel a fool<br>Running your stateside games<br>Lose your load<br>Leave your mind behind<br>Baby, james<br><br>Oooh, mexico<br>It sounds so simple<br>I just got to go<br>The sun's so hot<br>I forgot to go home<br>I guess I'll have to go now<br><br>Americanos' got the sleepy eyes<br>But his body's still shakin' like a live wire<br>Senorita with her eyes on fire<br>Don't you know<br><br>Oooh, mexico<br>It sounds so sweet<br>With the sun sinkin' low<br>The moon's so bright<br>Likes to light up the night<br>Make everything alright.<br><br>Baby's hungry and the money's all gone<br>The folks back home<br>Don't want to talk on the phone<br>She gets a long letter<br>And sends back a postcard<br>Times are hard.<br><br>Ooohh, down in mexico<br>I've never really been<br>So I don't really know<br>Oooooh, mexico<br>I guess I'll have to go now.<br><br>Oooh, mexico<br>I've never really been<br>But, I'd sure like to go<br>Whoa, oooh mexico<br>I guess I'll have to go now.<br><br>Talkin' 'bout mexico (mexico)<br>Little honkeytonk out in mexico (mexico)<br>South of margaritaville<br>I've been told<br><br>Spoken:<br>(? )undele, undele, vaminos<br>Ahh, yeah, let's load this cast of characters<br>On that boat and head south<br>Ahh, yeah we got a wind at our back<br>Smooth sailin' all the way<br>We got old nordstrom, he's our chef<br>He's down in that galley cookin' up a<br>Barometer soup for us<br>We gotta stop at our offshore bank of bad habits<br>And make a deposit or a withdrawl<br>I don't know which one, y'know<br>We're goin' down to the land of the mayans<br>Eah, they were here long before the cavemen were<br>Cavemen in blue jeans<br>Uhh, excuse me, that's not politically correct<br>That's cavepersons in blue jeans<br>Skip wiley and skink, we may run into them<br>Up to no good down there<br>Watch out for those barefoot children<br>Stompin' around in those puddles<br>Ahh, yeah, and that remittance man<br>He's just goin' round and round<br>He may run into 'ol frank bama<br>Cruisin' around in the hemisphere dancer<br>I don't know, I might have my long board down there...