Screaming Viva

Heavy Guitar Intro

Verse 1

Gasolina and a map that's torn in two

The radiator’s humming something blue

Passed a federal truck outside of Monterrey

Left a trail of red dust in the rearview bay

My leather jacket’s sticking to the seat

The asphalt’s making ripples in the heat

Got a Saint Christopher shaking on the dash

While I’m burning through the toll booths with my cash

Pre-Chorus

The horizon’s just a line I’m tryna break

With a thirst that all the Mezcal couldn’t slake

Yeah, the engine’s screaming "viva" to the sky

(Dale, dale)

Chorus

Across the desert, through the jungle, to the coast

Chasing every memory like a ghost

From the mountains down to Oaxaca’s gold

I’m driving till the story’s all been told

Yeah, the tires are screaming on the 101

Just a silhouette against a setting sun

(Oye, ¡qué viaje!)

Verse 2

Stopped for tacos at a stand in Michoacán

The old man told me, "Go as far as you can"

Through the Guadalajara rain at 3 AM

The city lights are sparkling like a gem

But I didn’t come to settle, didn’t come to stay

I’m a thousand miles from where I threw my life away

In the shadow of the Popo, feeling small

Listening to the transmission start to stall

Pre-Chorus

But the horizon’s just a line I’m tryna break

With a thirst that all the Mezcal couldn’t slake

Yeah, the engine’s screaming "viva" to the sky

(¡Súbelo!)

Chorus

Across the desert, through the jungle, to the coast

Chasing every memory like a ghost

From the mountains down to Oaxaca’s gold

I’m driving till the story’s all been told

Yeah, the tires are screaming on the 101

Just a silhouette against a setting sun

Bridge

I can smell the salt air blowing through the pines

Crossing over all the state and mental lines

The clutch is slipping but the spirit’s getting tight

I’m gonna hit the Yucatán by Friday night

(¡Vámonos!)

(¡Que no pare!)

Chorus

Across the desert, through the jungle, to the coast

Chasing every memory like a ghost

From the mountains down to Oaxaca’s gold

I’m driving till the story’s all been told

Yeah, the tires are screaming on the 101

Just a silhouette against a setting sun

Instrumental Break

Outro

Keep driving

Solo sigue

Past the ruins, past the wires

Solo sigue

Burning rubber, chasing fires

Mexico is breathing in the dark

(Se siente en la sangre)

Yeah, it's breathing in the dark

Just keep the wheels turning

(Eso es)

Don't stop the engine now.