I was sitting in traffic
Listening to the radio
George Strait was singin´
"Seashores of Old Mexico"
It sounded so good
I got an idear
I´m gonna go there
Since they´re all over here
The Lone Star State
Should be renamed "Texico"

So Long, Texas - Hello, Mexico
I´m gonna swim the Rio Grande at El Paso
I´m leaving tonight
I ain´t gonna pack
I´m only taking
The clothes on my back
So Long, Texas - Hello, Mexico

I´ll drive a rattletrap car
With no liability
I´ll demand equal rights
Though I´m there illegally
I´ll protest in the streets
Til they finally grant ´em
Sing English words
To their national anthem
Hey! El Presidente
What´s right for your people
Should be right for me

There´s no controlling
That tide that keeps rolling
Across the line
This ol´ Texas cowboy
Feels like my home state´s
No longer mine

Yep! Turnabout´s fair play
Heck! I already love the food
And tequila!
I´m gonna fly that Lone Star flag
and Old Glory every day
I´m gonna celebrate every Fourth of July
I´m gonna make them print them forms in English
just for me!
I´m gonna marry me a pretty senorita and we´re
gonna have free medical care and free
education for all our kids!
Heck! Playing my ol´ guitar´s the only
Other skill I´ve got!
Hmm - I wonder if I´ll see ol´ George Strait
over there
Hey, Gringo! You´re swimming the wrong way,
man!
Yeah, yeah! I know! Hey, Amigo!
You got a seester?