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Move To Mexico

from Into The Blue by Jim Pellinger

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Well I owe four months rent, and I owe the IRS
And the phone bill's still unpaid
I guess in debt's my middle name
And I've been working', workin', workin'
Accumulating someone else's wealth
I've been workin', workin', workin'
For everyone but myself
Well sometimes it feels like I could
Sometimes it feels like I should
Move to Mexico and change my name
Move to Mexico and change my name
No longer Jim, no I'll be José
When I move to Mexico and change my name
And they will never find me, no
And they'll know where they all can go
There'll be no cash upon demand
I'll be below the Rio Grande
Now at night I lie awake to the ticking of the clock
And I think what it will take just to get what I ain't got
And it seems there's no escaping
I'm the prisoner in the pot
And the monster's mouth is gaping
And his breath is getting hot
So as I'm staring down his mouth
My best direction's south
So I'll move to Mexico and change my name...
Con una corona, yo voy a ser rey de lo que veré
Por favor señorita traîgame mas cerveza
They say my credit's not too well
Pronounce it dead and go to hell
I'll be on Acapulco Bay
The señoritas all well say
He's a stranger from the north, no ID, no date of birth
Plays guitar and sings us songs
And some nights we sing along
And he says he comes from Texas
And he says he comes from Spain
And every night he has a good time
And a different name
Oh I'll be liberated when I'm expatriated
When I move to Mexico and change my name...

© 1981 Jim Pellinger (BMI) All Rights Reserved

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from Into The Blue, released January 1, 2005

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Jim Pellinger Minneapolis, Minnesota

Singer-songwriter Jim Pellinger’s music charts a course set by his influences, the Beatles, first and foremost. But as a reviewer noted, “His sound and method are that of, say, Tom Petty or maybe Elvis Costello albeit he sounds like neither.” Another reviewer of Jim’s first release heard “strains of John Hiatt, Squeeze, R.E.M., and a little bit of Simon and Garfunkel within Jim’s songs” ... more

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