Well the sun's settin' on the veranda   As the ceilin' fan stirs the air   I pour me another a-what I've been drinkin'   Sit back in my wicker chair   She's still in that big house in Houston   Where we tried to find happiness   Somehow I know she would not understand it   If she could see me like this      There's no lawn to mow 'cause the grass dosen't grow   People get high every day   It's a little bit hotter ya can't drink the water   A dollar still goes a long way   Tequila is sweet, senoritas are neat   And peace of mind is free   Yeah, two-hundred miles south of the border   I found the American dream      We thought we'd found it in Houston   With the house and the cars and the pool   Sometimes people own things, sometimes things own you   I won't even bother to write her   She'd hate it down here anyhow   She can have all the things we had together   I won't be needin' them now      There's no lawn to mow 'cause the grass dosen't grow   People get high every day   It's a little bit hotter ya can't drink the water   A dollar still goes a long way   Tequila is sweet, senoritas are neat   And peace of mind is free   Yeah, two-hundred miles south of the border   I found the American dream   Yeah, two-hundred miles south of the border   I found the American dream