Goin' To Acapulco

Album: The Basement Tapes (1975)
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  • I'm going down to Rose Marie's
    She never does me wrong
    She puts it to me plain as day
    And gives it to me for a song

    It's a wicked life but what the hell
    But what that hell, oh everybody's got to eat
    And I'm just the same as anyone else
    When it comes to scratchin' for my meat

    Goin' to Acapulco
    Goin' on the run
    Goin' down to see fat gut
    Goin' to have some fun
    Yeah
    Goin' to have some fun

    Now, whenever I get up
    And I can't find what I need
    I just make it down to Rose Marie's
    And get something quick to eat

    It's not a bad way to make a living
    And I ain't complainin' none
    But I can blow my plump, and break my rump
    And then go home and have my fun

    Goin' to Acapulco
    Goin' on the run
    Goin' down to see soft gut
    Goin' to have some fun
    Yeah
    Goin' to have some fun

    Now, if someone offers me a joke
    I just say no thanks
    I try to tell it like it is
    And keep away from pranks

    And every time you know when the well breaks down
    I just go pump on it some
    Rose Marie, she likes to go to big places
    And just set there waitin' for me to come

    Goin' to Acapulco
    Goin' on the run
    Goin' down to see soft gut
    Goin' to have some fun
    Yeah
    Goin' to have some fun Writer/s: Bob Dylan
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Mike from Southern HemisphereThe song should be called Aca - pull -co .It's about visiting Rosie and her five daughters
  • Jeffrey from Australia Oh man I love this song such a freaking great way to listen before bed.
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