Los Mandados

I swam across the Rio Grande
Not giving a damn about two bucks
The border patrol kicked me out
And I ended up in Nogales
I crossed through another border
And they tossed me to Juárez

From there I headed to Tamaulipas
And snuck in through Laredo
I dressed up like a gringo
And dyed my hair blonde
And since I didn’t speak English
They sent me back again

The border patrol caught me
Three hundred times, let’s say
But they never broke me
They did my dirty work
The hits they gave me
I made them pay back to their folks

I entered through Mexicali
And San Luis Río Colorado
I crossed all the lines
Smuggling and wetback
But I never backed down
I went back and forth to the other side

I know all the routes
Paths, rivers, and canals
From Tijuana to Reynosa
From Matamoros to Juárez
From Piedras Negras to El Paso
And from Agua Prieta to Nogales

The border patrol caught me
Three hundred times, let’s say
But they never broke me
They did my dirty work
The hits they gave me
I made them pay back to their folks