25 MEXICANS

25 Mexicans live in the house where i was born
that's fine, don't worry me none
i got nothing against them Mexicans

i like to watch em work, like the worker bees
building them roads, chopping down trees
doing the job my kind won't
sometimes they smile, most times they don't

across the borderline they stream
to a better life, so it would seem

far from home, they have to come
to make some money, send it home
in the trailer trucks, in the mini vans
packed like a sardine, in the sardine cans

oh mama, leave the candles burn
for one day i will return

25 Mexicans, in the boiling heat of a Texas sun
left to die in Hidalgo
about a half a mile from Mexico

you drive the truck boy, that's the deal
you're just the guy behind the wheel
get the money, all you can
don't worry about them Mexicans

oh mama, leave the candles burn
for one day i will return

phil lee - grm/bmi