i left out of tucson with no destination in mind
i was running from trouble and the jailterm the judge had in mind
and the border meant freedom a new life romance
and that’s why i thought i should go
and start my life over on the seashores of old mexico
my first night in juarez lost all the money i had
one bad senorita made use of one innocent lad
but i must keep on running it’s too late to turn back
i’m wanted in tucson i’m told
yeah and things’ll blow over on the seashores of old mexico
two mexican farmers en route to a town i can’t say
let me ride on the back of a flatbed halfloaded with hay
down through durango colima almiera
then in the manzanillos
where i slept on the seashores of old mexico
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after one long siesta i came wide awake in the night
i was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight
my newfound companion one young senorita
who offered a broken hello
to the gringo she found on the seashores of old mexico
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she spoke of sonora and swore that she’d never return
for her mexican husband she really had no great concern
cause she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo
that’s all i needed to know
yeah i found what i needed on the seashores of old mexico
yeah she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo
that’s all i needed to know ha ha
yeah i found what i needed on the seashores of old mexico
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Artist: George Strait
Year: 2006
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 146