Bullets Of Mexico Lyrics - Singles - Phil Ochs

The peons of Mexico 

Long have known suffering and pain 

Zapata and Villa 

Have died there, fighting in vain 

Rube'n Jaramillo kept up the tradition 

He fought for the land once again 

He lived for the land 

And there on the land he was slain 

A forty-five bullet has ended the life 

Of a man who had lived by the gun 

But all of the bullets of Mexico 

Cannot undo all the work that he's done 

The greedy capiques have stolen 

And plundered the land 

With pistoleros they ruled 

With a cold iron hand 

The poor campesinos could stand it no longer 

Resistance was starting to grow 

Jaramillo decided 

To fight for a new Mexico 

A forty-five bullet has ended the life 

Of a man who had lived by the gun 

But all of the bullets of Mexico 

Cannot undo all the work that he's done 

For twenty long years he fought 

And he struggled and tried 

Effe Bonilla, his wife 

Always there at his side 

Often surrounded, he always was hounded 

They searched for him near, far and wide 

A man of deep sorrow 

But also a man of deep pride 

A forty-five bullet has ended the life 

Of a man who had lived by the gun 

But all of the bullets of Mexico 

Cannot undo all the work that he's done 

Two thousand peasants 

He led to their long Promised Land 

And the army's revenge killed the wife 

And the sons and the man 

His assassins rejoiced with their whiskey and women 

They laughed and they danced on his grave 

Now the land waits again for another 

To ride on the wave 

A forty-five bullet has ended the life 

Of a man who had lived by the gun 

But all of the bullets of Mexico 

Cannot undo all the work that he's done