I was talkin' to a man about a movie show Oh, won't you take me to Durango I could play that part just fine, you know So won't you take me down to Mexico Take me down, down, down Won't you take me to Durango Take me down, down, down Oh, take me down to Mexico I never saw old Peckinpah I guess he forgot to call I can understand using Rita's man He'll be the best Billy Kid of them all So they took him down, down, down Ah, they took him to Durango They took him down, down, down Oh, took him down to Mexico Now Billy the Kid, I know what you did
Got a postcard on my wall They were selling around The New Mexico Town Where they lowered him down And they took him down, down, down Oh, they took him down in New Mexico Down, down, down Oh, shot him down in New Mexico Now I was talking to a man about a movie show Oh, won't you take me to Durango I could play that part just fine, you know Won't you take me down to Mexico Ah take me down, down, down Won't you take me to Durango Take me down, down, down Oh, take me down to Mexico