The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Well come on let's go,
And head off to Mexico,
And build our dreams on siestas of the day.
I'll take my guitar,
Who knows, it might get us far,
And we'll call each other by our fake names.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
We'll open that tequila bar,
And spend nights under the stars,
And we'll sing songs of salvation.
And when our tricks grow old,
We might be so bold as to think of things,
And broaden our reputation.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
I'll sing the melody line,
Watch you drinking wine,
And we'll say how life is pretty funny.
We'll busk our way there,
'cause we're the perfect pair,
And we'll find there's more life to money.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
And head off to Mexico,
And build our dreams on siestas of the day.
I'll take my guitar,
Who knows, it might get us far,
And we'll call each other by our fake names.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
We'll open that tequila bar,
And spend nights under the stars,
And we'll sing songs of salvation.
And when our tricks grow old,
We might be so bold as to think of things,
And broaden our reputation.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
I'll sing the melody line,
Watch you drinking wine,
And we'll say how life is pretty funny.
We'll busk our way there,
'cause we're the perfect pair,
And we'll find there's more life to money.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
We'll restart our lives,
Cut the others off with lies,
You don't know how lucky we are.
But it's you, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico,
You, me and Mexico...
And my guitar.
Lyrics submitted by romanceisdead
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We'll busk our way there, 'cause we're the perfect pair, And we'll find there's more life to money.
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I actually hear:
'And we'll find theres more to life than money.'