D A E A
Went down to Mexico on the Forth of July.
I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly
Had a little time to burn a little money to spend.
So I bought a switchblade for both of my friends
Pablo and Dan had a plan say “we gonna get rich”
Put the double cross on a double crossin narco-snitch
Just a dirty little two-man job, but it’s a sure-fire win
And brother when we cut him down, we gonna cut you in
D A E A
Yeah dumb and drunk as I was you know I’d do it all again
Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends
D A E D A E
D E A
They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary Cry…
A E A E A
D A E A
They said Amigo don’t ya worry now we gonna disappear
Just for a couple of months now it’s been almost a year
Yeah if you want that kind of money man you gotta stay brave
Federales are pulling bodies out of shallow graves
Yeah dumb and drunk as I was I’d do it all again
Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends
D A E D A E
D E A
They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary Cry…
A E A E A
Later in the fall I got a call Boy won’t ya come down
Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found
Now no mater what I do, can’t get my heart to mend
Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends
D A E A
Yeah dumb and drunk as I was you know I’d do it all again
Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends
D A E A
Dumb and drunk as I was I wish I had that time again
Before I buried a switchblade with each of my friends
D A E D A E
D E A
They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
Strong and cruel enough to make a stature of Mary cry…
