Los Mandados

I crossed the Rio Grande swimming
Without caring a damn
The border patrol kicked me out
And I ended up in Nogales
I entered through other borders
And they threw me to Juarez

From there I went to Tamaulipas
And snuck in through Laredo
I disguised myself as a gringo
And dyed my hair blonde
And since I didn't speak English
They sent me back again

The border patrol caught me
Let's say three hundred times
But it never tamed me
It ran errands for me
The blows it gave me
I returned them to its countrymen

I entered through Mexicali
And exited in Rio Colorado
I crossed all the lines
Smuggling and wet
But I never backed down
I went back and forth to the other side

I know all the lines
Roads, rivers, and canals
From Tijuana to Reynosa
From Matamoros to Juarez
From Piedras Negras to El Paso
And from Agua Prieta to Nogales

The border patrol caught me
Let's say three hundred times
But it never tamed me
It ran errands for me
The blows it gave me
I returned them to its countrymen.