Inna From Mexico - Jack Ingram

Inna came from Mexico

She’d tried to find a job

She figured she’d work on a rich girl’s nails

That couldn’t be so hard

Inna’s got a 12 year old

And she dies inside

She can’t get the picture from her eyes

Of leavin' her little girl behind

She’s gonna find a daddy here

And her little girl’s gonna come here to

But just like every other dream so far

She knows that one probably won’t come true

And you can see it in her smile looking at her eyes

Yeah thats right she keeps you smiling when she’s about to cry

And I think she knows the truth but she whispers fate

Inna’s friends back home think she’s got it made

So every week she sends some money home

She says things here are going well

She doesn’t let the tears touch the page

It’d stain the letter all to hell

I met Inna at a grocery store

We were waiting in line

I asked her who the Barbie doll was for

Who’d have thought I had asked her who died

So I started to apoligize

Man I was just trying to kill some time

But I still can’t get Inna from my mind

I will never look behind

Cause I can see it in her smile looking at her eyes

Yeah thats right she keeps you smiling when she’s about to cry

And I think she knows the truth but she whispers fate

Inna’s friends back home think she’s got it made

Yes I think she knows the truth but she whispers fate

Inna’s friends back home think she’s got it made