THIS IS MY YEAR FOR MEXICO
(Vincent Matthews)

Charley Pride - 1970
Brian Harkin & The Annalees - 1971
Dickey Lee - 1973
Crystal Gayle - 1975
Gene Watson - 1975
North Country Grass - 1976
Brendan Shine - 1978
Royston - 1978
Don Sowards & The Laurel Mountain Boys - 1979

Also recorded by: Lucky Look; Tommy Lawler.




As recorded by CHARLEY PRIDE, January 1970, Nashville:


I no longer notice if you're wearin' perfume
I quit smokin', girl, you never even knew
And the road is full of young and restless people
And they're full of the energy to move

It's a habit for us to stay together
We sit and watch the nightly shadows grow
Ev'ry day last year I left for California
This is my year for Mexico

We used to whisper love across the night time
Now we never whisper, nor we call
Our love was left upon the shelf from winter
Where the sunlight never touches it at all

It's a habit for us to stay together
We sit and watch the nightly shadows grow
Ev'ry day last year I left for California
This is my year for Mexico

Your back is turned to me while you are reading
I close my eyes while I pretend to doze
From the road I hear the sound of passing traffic
Some of them are bound for Mexico

It's a habit for us to stay together
We sit and watch the nightly shadows grow
Ev'ry day last year I left for California
This is my year for Mexico
This is my year for Mexico


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As recorded by CRYSTAL GAYLE, 5th December 1974, Nashville:


You no longer notice if I'm wearin' perfume
I seldom hear a lovin' word from you
Your attention's wrapped up in the mornin' paper
And I feel a restless yearn for somethin' new

We used to whisper love across the night time
Now we never whisper, nor we call
Our love is left upon the shelf from winter
Where the sunlight never touches it at all

It's a habit for us to be together
We sit and watch the deadly shadows grow
Ev'ry day last year I left for California
This is my year for Mexico

(Instrumental Break)

Your back is turned to me while you are reading
I close my eyes while I pretend to doze
From the road I hear the sound of passin' traffic
Some of them are bound for Mexico
 
It's a habit for us to be together
We sit and watch the deadly shadows grow
Ev'ry day last year I left for California
This is my year for Mexico


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2018)