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 yearnin' for somethin' new.      We used to whisper love across the nighttime   Now we never whisper nor recall   Our love is left upon the shelf of 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   Every 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 be together   We sit and watch the deadly shadows grow   Every day last year I left for California   This is my year for Mexico.