Hell couldn't be any hotter
Than Nogales on the Fourth of July
But two steps over the border
There ain't nothin' gringo money won't buy

Tequila was flowin' like water
Met a lady I couldn't refuse
I woke up dead with a rag on my head
And a bad case of bordertown blues

Bordertown woman let go of me
Let me go home to the girl I love in Tennessee
Bordertown woman give me my shoes
And let me get out of town, I'm coming down with the blues

Nogales couldn't be any hotter
Than that look in Dolores' eyes
Love ain't never been any better
Wadn't nothin' than she wouldn't try

She knew I had run out of money
And I was gettin' in over my head
So I gave her my watch and I carved one more notch
On the foot of Dolores' bed

Bordertown woman let go of me
Let me go home to the girl I love in Tennessee
Bordertown woman give me my shoes
And let me get out of town, I'm coming down with the blues

Ah, let me get out of town
I'm coming down with those mean old bordertown blues