The seashores of old Mexico
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1. I left out of Tucson, with no destination in mind,
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I was runnin' from trouble and
the jail-term the judge had in mind.
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And the border meant freedom,
a new life, romance,
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and that's why I thought I
should go,
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and start my life over on the
seashores of old Mexico.
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2. My first night in Juarez, I lost all the money I had,
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one bad senorita made use of
one innocent lad.
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But I must keep on runnin', it's
too late to turn back:
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I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm
told,
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yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores
of old Mexico.
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3. Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say,
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let me ride on the back of a
flatbed half-loaded with hay.
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Down through Durango, Palima, Palmira,
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then in the Manzanio,
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where I slept in the sunshine on the seashores
of old Mexico.
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4. After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night,
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I was startled by someone who
shadowed the pale moonlight.
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My new-found companion, one
young senorita,
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who offered a broken hello,
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to the gringo she found on the seashores of old
Mexico.
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5. She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return,
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for her Mexican husband, she
really had no great concern.
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'Cause she loved the gringo,
my red hair and lingo,
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that's all I needed to know,
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yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of
old Mexico.
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Yeah, she loved the gringo, my
red hair and lingo,
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that's all I needed to know,
ha, ha.
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Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of
old Mexico.
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(orig. = capo 2nd) (George
Strait)