mountains of mexico

i'm going away to leave you

you said i'm going down that road

to see what i'll see you

see what i've never known

and one things resting on my mind

you said i'm off to see what i wonder i'll find

i'll be in the mountains of mexico

said i see smiling faces

off on farther down the road

there all in their places

each with a heavy load

seemed like just good people tarnished by the sun

they all seemed to be living as one

up in those mountains of mexico

as the road winds onward

twists through unchanging lands

we look for mr. cancer

all we see is those tiny hands

and offer us sparkling rocks for bread

we just stopped and shared with the children what we had

up in those mountains of mexico

so we're coming home to see you

we've travelled that lonesome road

i'm gonna tell you

all the things that we've never known

and one thing's still on my mind

i keep on wondering what it was we went to find

up in those mountains of mexico