You no longer notice if I'm wearin' perfume

I seldom hear a lovin' word from you

Your attention's wrapped up in the mornin' paper

And I feel a restless yearnin' for somethin' new.



We used to whisper love across the nighttime

Now we never whisper nor recall

Our love is left upon the shelf of winter

Where the sunlight never touches it at all.



It's a habit for us to be together

We sit and watch the deadly shadows grow

Every day last year I left for California

This is my year for Mexico.



Your back is turned to me while you are reading

I close my eyes while I pretend to doze

From the road I hear the sound of passing traffic

Some of them are bound for Mexico.



It's a habit for us to be together

We sit and watch the deadly shadows grow

Every day last year I left for California

This is my year for Mexico.