"This is a story bout best friends. . .



John Roy was a boy i knew

since he was three and i was two

grew up two lil houses down from me

the only two bad apples on our family tree

kinda ripened and rotted in our puberty

two kindred spirits bound by destiny

now i was smart but i lacked ambition

Johnny was wild w/ no inhibition

its was about like mixin fire and gasoline



and he said hey romeo

lets go down to mexico

chase senoritas drink ourselves silly

show them mexican girls a couple real hillbillys



got a pocket full of cash in that ol ford truck

fuzzy cat hangin from the mirror for luck

say dont u know all those lil brown-eyed girls

want playboys of the southwestern world



long around our 18th year

we found two airplane tickets the hell outta here

got scholoarships to some small town school in Texas

we learned to drink singoritas until the dawns early light

he digs rancheros and throw up all nite

and tell all those girls we were majorin in a rodeo



oh but my favorite memory at school that fall

was the night John Roy came running down the hall

wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a big sombrero



and he was yellin hey romeo

lets go down to mexico

chase senoritas drink ourselves silly

show them mexican girls a couple real hillbillys



got a pocket full of cash in that old ford truck

fuzzy cat hangin from the mirror for luck

say dont u know all those lil brown-eyed girls

want playboys of the southwestern world



now i'd say we had a lil change in plans

like when paul mccartney got busted in Japan

and i said we got wailing when we set foot on mexican soil

see the border guard w/ a full man shoe moustache

stumbled opon Jons pocket full of American cash

he said doin a lil funny business in Mexico amigo



but all i could think bout was savin my own tail

when he mentioned 10 years in a mexican jail

so i pointed to John Roy and said its all his

now please let me go

i mean it was your idea genius

i was just laying there in bed when u said



hey romeo

lets go down to mexico

chase senoritas drink ourselves silly

show them mexican girls a couple real hillbillys



got a pocket full of cash in that old ford truck

fuzzy cat hangin from the mirror for luck

say dont u know all those lil brown-eyed girls

want playboys of the southwestern world



well playboys from the south western world

ahh were still best friends

temporary cell-mates"