Richmond Fontaine - Fifteen Year Old Kid in Nogales, Mexico lyrics

Back then his hair came down past his nose Barely washed and never combed Dressed in a T-shirt that read Conklin Bail Bonds He stole from his mothers purse $300 And from her new boyfriend $200 more He sold all his records and his shotgun And took a bus to Nogales, Mexico He was 15 years old For weeks he walked the streets of border Mexico He bought a leather belt and a cowboy hat He bought a ring with a horse on it even though The only horses he'd ever seen were in A parking lot or on TV He met an old American lady there who said She was scared to drive her car, and would pay him If he drove her to the Sea Of Cortez SO they drove at night to escape the heat But he was young and he fell asleep When he woke he had rolled her car and she lay dead So he grabbed his cowboy hat, and he grabbed her purse And he walked towards the sea, because he'd never seen Any amount of water worth mentioning or of importance to anyone