Lyrics to
Mexico

This version of Mexico was released by James Taylor in 1975.

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Way down here, you need a reason to move. Feel a fool running 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 shaking like a live wire.
Sleepy senorita with the eyes on fire.
Woh, Mexico. It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low.
Moon’s so bright, like to light up the night, make everything all right.

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.
And oh, Mexico, I guess I’ll have to go.
Woh, Mexico, I never really been so I don’t really know.
And oh, Mexico, I guess I’ll have to go now.
Talking bout Mexico. Big ol’ honkey-tonk down in Mexico.

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The lyrics to Mexico are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that James Taylor used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Mexico have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only James Taylor and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Mexico by James Taylor. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mexico" means the words set to the music of Mexico, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by James Taylor. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mexico and the lyrics to Mexico are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of James Taylor who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mexico, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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