Way down here you need a reason to move,
Feel a fool runnin' your stateside games.
Lose your load, leave your mind behind, Baby James.
((Woh, 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 shakin' like a live wire.
Sleepy senorita with the eyes on fire.
((Woh, Mexico, it sounds so sweet with the sun sinkin' low.))
((The moon's so bright, like to light up the night,))
((Make everything all right.))

Instrumental break.

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.
((Woh, down in Mexico,))
((I never really been so I don't really know.))
((Woh-oh-oh-oh, Mexico.)) I guess I'll have to go.
((Woh, Mexico, I never really been,))
((But I'd sure like to go.))
((Then woh-oh-oh-oh, Mexico.))
I guess I'll have to go now.
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Talkin' 'bout it, Mexico (Mexico).
In a honky tonk down in ((Mexico)).
Wo-oh.
(Oh-oh, Mexico.)
Mexico.
(Oh-oh, Mexico. Oh-oh, Mexico.)
Mexico.
Fade.
(Oh-oh, Mexico. Oh-oh, Mexico.)
Mexico.

MEXICO
Written by: James Taylor
Performed by: James Taylor1-1975
Appears on: "Mexico" (B-side: "Gorilla" 45RPM)-1975; Gorilla (LP)-1975;
Greatest Hits-19762; Classic Songs-1990; Live in Rio-1991; Squibnocket
(VHS)-1993 & (DVD-Bonus Tracks)-2006; Mellow Rock Hits of the '70s-1997*;
Singers & Songwriters: (1974-1975)-1999*; VH1 Storytellers-2000*; Rhino
Hi-Five: James Taylor (EP)-2005; et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)

1Covered by: Jackie Allen, Common Ground, Alex de Grassi, Hit Crew, Key
West, Russ Kunkel, Overtures, Spectrum, John Tesh, et al.

2Transcribed from the track on this album.