Well I've been living too close to the Rio Grande Gotta move it on up to a higher land Now the river has turned into a flood And the sun's the color of real blood Well I got those speakers in Okinawa But they're too damn heavy for my little boat So we're rowing to the corner and I don't look back Driving to her mother's in a U-Haul van Between the wife and the ex and the Government Man I never met a dollar that wasn't spent Now the sun is shinin' on to the East And it's dark where the river and the highway meet Man I've been living too close to the Rio Grande I've been living too close to the Rio Grande I've been living too close to the Rio Grande I've been living too close to the Rio Grande