New Mexico


words and music by Rick Paul

New Mexico cover art
From the single New Mexico


Funny we should meet again
Hollywood and Vine
Suddenly the city leaves my mind
And I am traveling back in time
To somewhere we both know
You take me back to New Mexico

The golden glow of the sunsets
Over the mesa
Holding you beneath a starry sky
And I still see the sunrise
In your eyes
Take me back to New Mexico

Dreams of mountain majesties
And magic ‘neath the summer sky
Fade into the noisy boulevard
And I recall an August night
You said you had to go
And leave our life in New Mexico

The golden glow of the sunsets
Over the mesa
Holding you beneath a starry sky
And I still see the sunrise
In your eyes
Take me back to New Mexico

I still can picture the way
You said you’d be a star in L.A.
And I said I’d follow you
Wherever you go
Though the city changed you
I know that someday
We’ll go back to New Mexico

The golden glow of the sunsets
Over the mesa
Holding you beneath a starry sky
And I still see the sunrise
In your eyes
Take me back to New Mexico
Take me back to New Mexico


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