Story Behind The Song
Written about a relationship I was in where my girlfriend wanted to go and live in Mexico.
Song Description
Dynamic folk-rocker verses to mellow melodic choruses about a relationship falling apart due to the conflicting dreams of those involved.
| Song Length |
3:50 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Moving |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Heartbreak |
| Similar Artists |
Wilco, The Wallflowers |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
MEXICO
By Ben Kyle
VERSE
She wants to go to Mexico
I guess I?m happy where I am
Been talking to a boy who?s ready to go
Says he?s got a master plan
I?ll be alright on my own
Don?t worry ?bout me
Pack your bags, your alibis
And do whatever?s gonna set you free
CHORUS
I never thought
I?d be living without you
There?s better things to do
Than doing something new
Just because it?s new
And it takes away the blues
For a week or two
Before it comes back to haunt you
VERSE
Thinking ?bout flying to the Cotê d?Azur
Where the sun never ceases to shine
Where the water is green and the girls are blue
And the atmosphere is mine
I?ll sing my songs for a couple of francs
And maybe a bottle of wine
Drink in the romance of the Riviera dance
And the escape of time
CHORUS
I never thought
I?d be living without you
There?s better things to do
Than doing something new
Just because it?s new
And it takes away the blues
For a week or two
Before it comes back to haunt you
VERSE
She wants to go to Mexico
I guess I?m happy where I am
Been talking to a boy who?s ready to go
Says he?s got a master plan
I?ll be alright on my own
Don?t worry ?bout me
Pack your bags, your alibis
And do whatever?s gonna set you free
Thinking ?bout flying to the Cotê d?Azur
Where the sun never ceases to shine
Where the water is green and the girls are blue
And the atmosphere is mine
I?ll sing my songs for a couple of francs
And maybe a bottle of wine
Drink in the romance of the Riviera dance
And the escape of time
CHORUS
I never thought
I?d be living without you
There?s better things to do
Than doing something new
Just because it?s new
And it takes away the blues
For a week or two
Before it comes back to haunt you