Download "New Mexico"
Fun ain't easy if it ain't free
Too many people got a hold on me But I know something that they don't know I know a woman in New Mexico "New Mexico" is just an early version of "Worse Comes to Worst" which appears on 1974's Piano Man. The song has a clear Latino or Mexican influence. The song features some light marimbas (?) and Latin percussion. It has a nice groove and is a funky and refreshing change of pace to the more serious and earnest songs on Piano Man. In the song, Billy talks about living a carefree lifestyle, well aware that it has its pitfalls ("fun ain't easy if ain't free") But if worse comes to worse, he has an escape, he can play his music and he "knows a woman in New Mexico." (a reference to Billy's wife's younger sister, Josephine, who lived in New Mexico at the time). |
Today I'm living like a rich man's son
Tomorrow morning I could be a bum It doesn't matter which direction though I know a woman in New Mexico Worse comes to worse I'll get along I don't know how but sometimes I can be strong And if I don't have a car I'll hitch I got a thumb and she's a son of a bitch I do my writing on my road guitar And make a living at a piano bar, oh Worse comes to worse I'll get along I don't know how but sometimes I can be strong Lightning and thunder Flashed across the roads we drove upon Oh, but it's clear skies we're under When we are together, when we sing this song Worse comes to worse I'll get along I don't know how but sometimes I can be strong Fun ain't easy if it ain't free Too many people got a hold on me But I know something that they don't know I know a woman in New Mexico Worse comes to worse I'll get along I don't know how but sometimes I can be strong |