In an old cantina down in Mexico A bunch of dreamers drinking and thinking out loud Panama Red told the Queen of Brazil Ooh I love you I've loved you since I was a sailor We'll go down to Rio we'll rob us a bank And sail off to Paris in splendor hey we'll be some mighty big spenders
Abandoned and alone they were easily prone to get into trouble for money In honky tonk dreams they rehearse their scenes And rewrite them all in their favor rewrite them all in their favor [ ac.guitar ] Minnie the Mo said to Hokomo Joe ooh I'm bored and I'm broke And I've run out of whiskey and honey But Red knows a bank down in Rio that's ripe Where we can fill our pockets with money Hey we'll be some mighty big spenders
Abandoned and alone... [ guitar ] Madame Kazoo said to St Louis Lou Ooh tell Panama Red I think that's the last train to Rio The Topeka kid had a hole in his lid They say that he once rode with Pancho When Pancho was a mighty big spender
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Abandoned and alone... Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa Viva Villa Viva Pancho Villa...