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I was
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Down on the border, on some business I'd rather not mention
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Gettin' involved with a woman was not my in-tention but then
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She came along, just out walking her dog and I
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Loved her before I'd even met her, I guess
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Sometimes intentions can change, sometimes not for the better well the
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Dog didn't like me, I guess he knew where I was headin'
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He bit my hand, when he carried the rings at our weddin' mari-
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achis played and we sang and we swayed, but they're
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Right when they say love is blind, 'cos in a
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Month she was gone and she only left one thing be-hind
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Now I got a Mexican dog I can't say his name he don't come when I call
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When he's not bitin' me he's lickin' his balls and I
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Hate him right down to his fur but
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All I got left of her is this Mexican dog so I
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Thought it might help, if I bought him a toy at the store
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He was so grateful, he left somethin' for me on my floor I kicked him
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Out every night, but by the dawn's early light he was
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Back sportin' some brand new smell, I'd take him
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Back where he came from, but I don't have directions to hell
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I got a new girlfriend, who couldn't stop telling me what to do to
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Top it all off, she said she thought that little bastard was cute I said hold
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On to his leash, and wait right here for me, and he'll
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Show you some tricks that he knows and I
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Know it was wrong, but I showed her a trick of my own
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Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls
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When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls, but we're
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Even far as I'm con-cerned 'cos
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Now that dog is hers that Mexican dog
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Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls
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When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls and I
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Hope she got what she de-served
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Now that dog is hers that Mexican