Hide and seek near the Plaza Hotel
“Don´t look like you´re doin´ too well”
She knows it´s her sister Conchita
Askin´ “Why are you here all alone?”
“Must be ´cos my name is Rosita
And Nuevo Laredo´s my home”
Weeks passed by since she came ´cross that border
They said you get paid there so well
But it wasn´t the way that they´d told her
Twelve hours of work in that hotel
She saved all her pay checks for Dolores,
Her cousin, she´s gonna marry Ramon
They´re goin´ to live near Nogales
And each buck helps to buy their new home
And her room mate did ask her
“Why do you look so tired?”
´Cos it´s a torture to work here
The children still laughing and running
It´s time now to go back to work
She thinks by herself “Ain´t it funny
How things turn out for a Mexican girl?
I´d go back ´cross the border with Conchita,
Back to Mama, she called me on the phone
What she said was “please come home Rosita
´Cos Nuevo Laredo´s your home
´Cos Nuevo Laredo´s your home
´Cos Nuevo Laredo´s your home”