Story Behind The Song

I worked as a Car man for a railroad a while back. Sometimes, strange things happen while at work.

Lyrics

MEXICAN BEER

The moon was bright on a Saturday night
And the stars were out and clear
The shadows were long as I walked up on
An open boxcar of Mexican beer.

The bottles stared down at me on the ground
They were stacked up clear to the roof
With no one around I invited them down
They came down on their own, that?s the truth.

Oh, Mexican beer, Mexican beer, cerveza de ol? Mexico (me-he-co)
Mexican beer, Mexican beer, there are some people who like it, I?m told.
Ah, Mexican beer, Mexican beer, its color is yellowish green
Mexican beer, Mexican beer, I hear it keeps all your plumbing clean.

In the old rail years, the walking was hard
For the ballast was large and loose
I stumbled across ties and to my surprise
I discovered an old caboose.

And scattered around all over the ground
Were bottles just like I had seen
They escaped I suppose, but no one quite knows
Why they were empty and topless and clean.

Copyright 2001 by Paul Reece (ASCAP)