Went down to Mexico on the Fourth of July
I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly
Had a little time to burn, a little money to spend
And so I bought a switchblade
For each 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…”
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
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…
They said, “Amigo, don’tcha worry now we gonna disappear»
«Couple of months…” — they said, now it’s been almost a year
Yeah, if you want that kind of money,
Man, you gotta stay brave
Federales are pullin’ bodies out of shallow graves
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
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…
Later in the fall, I got a call, “Boy, won’tcha come down?”
“Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found”
Now no matter what I do, can’t get my heart to mend
Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends
Yeah, dumb and drunk as we was,
You know, I’d do it all again
Before I buried a switchblade
With each of my friends
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…
Yeah, 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…