For a change I headed south across the border
For the pesos and a different horse to ride
I'd be back to make the rodeo in Waco
But that was long before I saw them dark brown eyes

With long black hair and English bad and broken
Her body said the words she couldn't find
As I hung on ever word she left unspoken
The question started leaning on my mind

(Chorus:)

RODEO OR MEXICO
THEY BOTH CAN KEEP A COWBOY SATISFIED
RODEO OR MEXICO
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO DECIDE
IS JUST GET ON AND RIDE

We danced all night beneath that sheet of cotton
And you just don't tell a girl like that goodbye
But the cowboy life ain't easily forgotten
Though lying there I couldn't help but wonder why

(Repeat Chorus:)

RODEO OR MEXICO
THEY BOTH CAN KEEP A COWBOY SATISFIED
RODEO OR MEXICO
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO DECIDE
IS JUST GET ON AND RIDE

The morning found the answer dawning on me
As I woke up to the sharp end of a knife
He was screaming at the woman hanging on me
Does anybody know the Spanish word for wife?

(Repeat Chorus:)

RODEO OR MEXICO
THEY BOTH CAN KEEP A COWBOY SATISFIED
RODEO OR MEXICO
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO DECIDE
IS JUST GET ON AND RIDE