[Verse 1]
Big veranda
Stately trees
Servants bring me fruit and cheese
Flowers bloom and
Feed their bees
Underneath the Sword of Damocles

[Chorus]
And I'm shooting speed
'Cause that's what I do
When I can't get what I need from you
In Mexico

[Verse 2]
Every Eden
Has its price
Here you have to pay it twice
Servants bring me beans and rice
But there's snakes in every Paradise

[Chorus]
'Cause I'm shooting speed
And that's what I do
When I can't get what I need from you
In Mexico
In Mexico
[Bridge]
I'm the crazy one they can point to
I'm the one who's taking the heat
So I slip out at night
And walk through the street

[Verse 3]
I say "yes sir"
I say "ma'am"
When they ask me who I think I am
Servants bring me steak and lamb
While I measure by the milligram

[Chorus]
And I'm shooting speed
'Cause that's what I do
When I can't get what I need from you
In Mexico
In Mexico
Oh, in Mexico