Mexico Maine
Enigmatic Tales of Mexico Maine: A Musical Journey through Time
Lyrics
Mexico Maine is a town in the rain
Mexico Maine is depicted as a town in the rain.
High in the mountains and hidden away
It is situated high in the mountains and hidden.
Mexico Maine is a town in a dream
Describes Mexico Maine as a town existing in a dream-like state.
And always the same year of 1990
Emphasizes the recurring year, always set in 1990.
Why that was the year he turned
Refers to the year he turned without specifying who.
That was the year he turned age eighteen
The mentioned year is when someone turned eighteen.
Mexico Maine is a town in the clouds
Describes Mexico Maine as a town in the clouds.
Payphone booth phone books have all been ripped out
Highlights the absence of phone books in payphone booths.
Thin paper fortunes are swirling around
References thin paper fortunes swirling around.
You may come in but you may not come out
Suggests a sense of confinement – entering but not leaving.
Alone is the child in the funeral home moviehouse in town
Depicts a lonely child in a funeral home moviehouse in the town.
Mexico Maine has a bridge for the Wan
Introduces a bridge in Mexico Maine for the Wan (possibly a group or individual).
A bridge for the Lime where the limpers go on
There's another bridge for the Lime where the limpers (possibly people with difficulties) go.
At one end they sing at the other they troll
At one end of the bridges, there's singing, at the other, trolling.
At one end the young at the other the old
Describes the demographics at each end – young at one, old at the other.
Go follow the railroad and hope that the lost child will show
Encourages following the railroad in hopes of finding a lost child.
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