Way down in the valley, way down Mexico way
I remember my younger days in my mind they seem to unfold
I would walk down a hot dusty road with palm trees shading the way
Oh how I hated them then when I needed to roam
And get a taste of the wind

Way down in the valley, seems like just yesterday
I fell in love with a girl with hair as black as the night
But that urge to wander was stronger than her beauty that once was a key
And I traded her love when I needed to roam for a taste of the wind

A taste of the wind can buy all the freedom I thought I'd find
A taste of the wind can make up for old friends I left behind
A taste of the wind can bring back the woman that once was mine
My empty heart and my tears are the price that I paid
For a taste of the wind

Way down in the valley, way down south Texas way
I remember her saying I love you mi amore por favor no te vayas
Now the memory of her and the love that she gave me are too much to bear
'Cause I traded her love when I needed to roam
For a taste of the wind

A taste of the wind can buy all the freedom I thought I'd find
A taste of the wind can make up for old friends I left behind
A taste of the wind can bring back the woman that once was mine
My empty heart and my tears are the price that I paid
For a taste of the wind

Oh I traded her love when I needed to roam
For a taste of the wind