Heart On Fire In Mexico

(album: First To Hit The Road - 2023)

She was a dark haired Juarez beauty
Flirting with a GI Joe off duty
Working him for tips at a bar in Mexico
One cigarette smoke break by the back door
Turned into a pack on the hood of his Ford
Where he is now, the devil knows

A late night 2am mistake
But sometimes one time is all it takes
Won't be long now before she starts to show

Can you smell that smoke
Drifting in the desert wind to San Antone
A wild-eyed Senorita becomes a desperate mamacita
You had to go, leave a heart on fire in Mexico

Turns out all the big dreams she had
Didn't look like feeding mouths on food stamps
So one night she up and drove away
That baby girl she left surviving
One day got really tired of crying
Going mad as hell and counting down the days

Can you smell that smoke
Drifting in the desert wind to San Antone
A wild-eyed Senorita becomes a desperate mamacita
You had to go, leave a heart on fire in Mexico-o-o-o-o
In Mexico-o-o-o-o

No one to care, nowhere to go
But in and out of foster homes
She had a dream that burned and she made it out
Rolling to those Texas hills
Had herself a dark-eyed girl
Swore off the tears she cried
Was a pain she'll never know

Can you smell that smoke
Drifting in the desert wind to San Antone
A wild-eyed Senorita becomes a desperate mamacita
You had to go, leave a heart on fire in Mexico
In Mexico