Switchblade

Went down to Mexico on the Fourth of July
 I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly
 Had a little time to burn, a little money to spend
 So I bought a switchblade for each of my friends
 Pablo and Dan had a plan said
 "We're gonna get rich,
 Put the double cross
 on a doubly crossin' narco-snitch,
 Just a dirty little two-man job,
 but it's a sure-fire win
 And brother when we both cut him down,
 we gonna cut you in."
 Yeah dumb and drunk as I was
 You know I'd do it all again
 Back when I bought a switchblade
 for each of my friends
 They were sharp enough to stab
 another hole in the sky
 Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
 Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
 Strong and cruel enough
 to make a statue of Mary cry...
 They said, "Amigo don'tcha worry
 now we gonna disappear,
 Just for a couple of months" they said.
 Now it's been almost a year
 Yeah if you want that kind of money,
 man you gotta stay brave
 Federales are pullin' bodies out of shallow graves
 Yeah dumb and drunk as I was
 You know I'd do it all again
 Back when I bought a switchblade
 For each of my friends
 They were sharp enough to stab
 another hole in the sky
 Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
 Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
 Strong and cruel enough
 to make a statue of Mary cry...
 Later in the fall, I got a call, "Boy won'tcha come down,
 Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found."
 Now no matter what I do, can't get my heart to mend
 Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends
 Yeah dumb and drunk as I was
 You know I'd do it all again
 Back when I bought a switchblade
 For each of my friends
 Dumb and drunk as I was
 You know I'd do it all again
 Before I buried a switchblade
 with each of my friends
 They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky
 Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh
 Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July
 Strong and cruel enough
 to make a statue of Mary cry...