Mexico City Lyrics

Mexico City lyrics

Jack and Edie lying across my bed

Flying high like the spirits of the
dead

The living and the dead

The living and the dead



Our Lady of Sorrows and the long dark night

How many candles could I
light?

For the living and the dead

The living and the dead



What's that black smoke rising Jack?

Is the world on fire?

What's that distant singing?

Is it a heavenly choir?

The living
and the dead

The living and the dead





I think about
you Jack, watching the tv

And drinking booze

Shame on you , Shame
on me

But how can we help it, there was no where else to go

I sent
Julie and Billy out on that long hard road

on that long hard road

on that long hard road

I'm just back from Mexico city

I came back
north to Texas

To rest my weary head

My true love is fresh from the
battle field



Sewing up the dying and carting off the dead

My
baby don't stand for no fighting

Amongst the living or the dead



OooOoHooOhhHhhh  Ugh ugh ugh….OOooO LLLoong roooaaooddd…



What's
that black smoke rising Jack

Is the world on fire?

What's that
distant singing

Is it a heavenly choir?

The living and the dead

The living and the dead

The living and the dead

The living and the
dead

The living and the dead

The living and the dead