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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.

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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.

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