down in mexico

i'm down in mexico

had to go

won't be home no more

i want mom and dad to know

i miss and love them so

though i'll never see them anymore. the day that i turned twenty one i could hardly wait

to say goodbye to mom and dad and shake the hand of fate

fate was with me from the start

until that fateful day

a big man he took my sweetheart and i took his life away. now i'm down in mexico

had to go

won't be home no more

i want mom and dad to know

i miss and love them so

though i'll never see them anymore. i stood and watched the man as he fell

and then i heard the policemen's whistle blow

and when i thought about that prison cell

i thought about old mexico. now i'm down in mexico

had to go

won't be home no more

i want mom and dad to know

i miss and love them so

though i'll never see them anymore.