LYRICS MEXICO

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MEXICO I can hear the sound of the music coming across that borderline tonight / And I can feel the touch of a young girl gently take my hand underneath the moonlight / Soft refrains on a Spanish guitar / Carry me away / Think I hear her say / Mexico / You've been there on my mind for a long, long time and I know / That I just can't stay away / Mexico / Warm white sand in the palm of my hand, gotta go / Mexico

It's been a while but does she remember / Is she still waiting there for me / Does she ever think about those hot summer nights down by the sea / Distant highways and dusty old roads / You've got me crossing the line / Take me down to where nobody knows / Take me back in time / Mexico/ You're the one that I love and I can't get enough / Mexico/ But you're another world away / Mexico / Those clear blue skies and big brown eyes, gotta go / Mexico

I can feel that wind begin to blow / And every time I hear that sound I know / Mexico / You've been there on my mind for a long, long time and I know / That I just can't stay away / Mexico / Warm white sand in the palm of my hand, gotta go / And I'll be coming back to stay / Mexico / You're the one that I love and I can't get enough / Mexico/ But you're another world away / Mexico / Those clear blue skies and big brown eyes, gotta go / Mexico

I LOVE YOU I wrote the words down and I practiced them all day / Knew just what I was gonna do / But there you are now standing in the doorway / Looking so good that I just kind of lost my place / So listen to the music on the radio / Take my hand and dance with me / ‘Cause we've got fifty watts of moonlight up above us / Ain't much but it's all I really need

Just to tell you that I love you / There's nothing more that I can say / I love you / Don't know why but it just turned out that way / Don't need no limousine, no moonlight or champagne / All I want's one moment here with you to tell you that I love you / Just want to tell you that I love you

So listen to the music on the radio / Take my hand and dance with me / ‘Cause we've got fifty watts of moonlight up above us / We'll waltz across a dirt floor, won't think nothing of it / And I'll tell you that I love you / There's nothing more that I can say / I love you / Don't know why but it just worked out that way / Don't need no limousine, no moonlight or champagne / All I want's one moment here with you to tell you that I love you / Just want to tell you that I love you

 

ONE LIFE TO LIVE Some people live their lives paging through a TV Guide / Watching their whole world slip away / Waiting on tomorrow / At least that's what they say / To do the things they could've done today / To me it seems there must be something more / Somewhere in the world out beyond my door / All I know is

CHORUS I've got one life to live, I'm gonna live it / If my song is my gift then I'm gonna give it / ‘Cause what are we living for / If our lives are nothing more than existence / I've got one life to live, I'm gonna live it

The days just drift on by / No time to wonder why / We'd never find the answer anyway / It's a mystery to be lived / Not a problem to be solved / A little more discovered everyday / Before they finally put you in the ground / Don't you want to turn this world upside down / That's why I hang around / REPEAT CHORUS / ‘Cause what are we living for / If our lives are nothing more than existence / I've got one life to live, I'm gonna live it

TOO MUCH TEQUILA Spent some time out in southern California / The girls out there you really wouldn't believe / Found myself a place down by the ocean and filled it up with everything I need / Staying out all night and having a good time / Thought I'd finally left you far behind

CHORUS But sailboats and sunshine couldn't get you off my mind / Couldn't drown your memory drinking whiskey and wine / Spent all my money now I'm down to my last dime, guess I've had / Too much tequila, not enough lime

So I said hasta luego San Diego / Then I went on down to Mexico / Hanging out with friends in some old cantina / And traded in my last dollar for a bottle of gold / Singing ay ay ay and wearing big sombreros / They threw me out and I stumbled my way home / REPEAT CHORUS

SARA, TARA AND JENNY MARIE With a name just like some melody that I've never heard before / She took my hand and led me down that sandy shore / By the time the sun went down I knew I'd really lost my heart / That was the first time, but it was only just the start / ‘Cause years went by and I survived and I somehow made it through / I swore that time couldn't heal the pain but I learned how that ain't true

CHORUS Sara and Tara and Jenny Marie / Those were the days when we were wild and we were free / I liked you and I loved you but we went our separate ways / But I still think of you today

Jenny was a young girl, how old no one knows / She grew up on the dusty streets of a little town in Mexico / She never knew her mother's face and she never knew about love / But somehow I could make her smile and for her that was close enough / Even some old fence at the border couldn't slow us down, no way / They warned us not to cross that line, but we did one summer day / Immigration never found us, but somewhere things went wrong / So she stayed north and I went south, guess that's where we belong / REPEAT CHORUS

I pulled up to a roadside bar up on Highway 89 / Walking through the doorway was just like stepping back in time / She jumped the bar and hugged me and she shouted out to the crowd / Everyone get out of here, this place is closing down / Then she locked the door and we were finally left alone / I put five dollars in the jukebox and put on her favorite song / She held me close and kissed me and we laughed all through the night / As we danced there in the darkness right up to the morning light /REPEAT CHORUS

I even bought a ring one time but I never said I do / Now I hear somebody stole your heart and I wish the best for you / REPEAT CHORUS

SOMETIMES IN THE EVENING Sometimes in the evening / When the sun is sinking low and I'm just sitting here alone / Staring out my window at the world outside / Another day gone by / There's silence all around me / But if I close my eyes I can hear the sound of the songs from long ago / And those memories start to flow through my mind / Taking me back in time

I never thought I would see the day when I'd stand up on a stage / And sing my songs like there was no one else around / Next thing I knew I was falling in love and thought my heart would never mend / Looking back I can see that we were nothing more than friends/ It's kind of funny how those memories make me feel / After all this time the memories still seem real

I've got family all over the country now / And somehow I wonder how it feels to be so far from home / If I ever feel alone / 'Cause sometimes I do / Like there's nothing to hold on to

IF SHE ONLY KNEW She opened up the door and grinned / And said God, it's been a long long time / It's so good to see your face again / I asked her ain't you gonna let me in / She said give me a second, I swear I won't be long / Then she came back to the front porch with her blue jeans and her makeup on / We stared out at the summer sky / And laughed about the memories / So hard it almost made us cry / And it seemed to take us back in time / To the best of friends, as close as we could be / She'd always tell me there ain't nothing you can hide from me

CHORUS But if she only knew about the way that I once used to dream of her / I wonder what she'd say / If she now could see what she once meant to me / Would she laugh out loud and tell me that I was a fool / If she only knew

Now days go by, turning us gray, and making us older / But secrets left untold remain through time / She said you tell me yours and I'll tell you mine

The sun was fading from the sky / I guess it's time that I should leave / So I go to kiss her on the cheek / And I see she's drifted off to sleep / So I take her hand for a moment then I let it go / Close the gate behind me and I head off down a dusty road / REPEAT CHORUS

 

ANGELA Angela, what are you doing home so early / It's me / Thought I'd call you up just to see if everything's alright / Hey, that's great. I'm glad you're doing fine / Me too / But before you hang up, Angie, I've got a question for you / Can't we tell ourselves a lie / Act like we never said goodbye / Get dressed, go out, and have ourselves some fun / ‘Cause there's a full moon out tonight / You ought to see it shining bright / Can I pick you up at nine? / Angela

Angela, I've been sitting around this place alone / Must be a million times I've thought of picking up the telephone / But you know me, you said I'll never change / And it's true / Still I wonder are you thinking of me like I've been thinking of you / Can't we tell ourselves a lie / Act like we never said goodbye / And take a walk along the shore just the way we used to do / ‘Cause there's a full moon out tonight / You ought to see it shining bright / Can I pick you up at nine / Angela

There's a full moon out tonight / Man, you ought to see it shining bright / Can I pick you up at nine? / Angela / Can I pick you up at nine? / Angela

PIDEME LA LUNA Las horas mas lindas las paso contigo / No quiero ni pensar si un dia me faltas tu / No quiero ni pensarlo amor / Tu me acostumbraste a ser como un nino / No quiero ni pensar si un dia me faltas tu / No quiero ni pensarlo amor

Pideme la luna te la bajare / Pideme una estrella y hasta alla me ire / Mas nunca me digas no te quiero mas / Porque esas palabras me hacen mucha mal / Pideme la vida te demostrare / Como yo te quise como te amare / Tu fuiste y has ido para mi el amor / El regalo que me has dado Dios

Quiseria esta noche tenerte conmigo / No quiero ni pensar si un dia me faltes tu / No quiero ni pensarlo, amor / Tu me acostumbraste a ser como un niño / No quiero ni pensar si un dia me faltes tu / No quiero ni pensarlo, amor/ REPEAT CHORUS

KINO The sun shines so brightly on the water / Soon it gently slips away Somewhere beyond the sea / And darkness falls over the town again / And the fishing boats come in from out on the water / Thinking about how far I am from home / Sometimes I get to wondering whatever made me go / Then I look out at the ocean and I know

Reflections of the moonlight on the water / The waves are breaking on the shore / Stars light up the sky / So many I just can't believe my eyes / I can't believe my eyes / Feeling like the world can do without me / Wishing I could sail away / And leave it all behind / Sail away and leave it all behind

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