Down in Mexico Songtext
von Bobby Short

Down in Mexicali
There′s a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hollowed
And the chili's hot
And the boss is a cat named Joe

He wears a red bandana
Plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash
And a black mustache
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico

Well, the first time that I saw him
He was a-sittin′ on a piano stool
I said, "Tell me, Dad, when does the fun begin?"
He just winked his eye and said, "Man, be cool"


He wears a red bandana
A cool piano
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash
And a black mustache
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico

All of a sudden in walked a chick
Joe started playing on a Latin kick
Around her waist she wore three fishnets
She started dancing with the castanets
I didn't know just what to expect
She threw her arms all around my neck
We started dancing all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before

So if you're south of the border
I mean down in Mexico
And you wanna get straight, man, don′t hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe


He wears a red bandana
Plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash
And a black mustache
In a honky-tonk
Down in Mexico

Meet me south of the border sometime
Si, si, mother, cha-cha