Publisher: SONY/ATV SONGS D/B/A TREE PUBG CO
I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico
My first night in Juarez, lost all the money I had
Songwriter: Merle Haggard
She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return
I was runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind
That's all I needed to know, ha, ha
I left out of Tucson, with no destination in mind
Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico
Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say
That's all I needed to know
Where I slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico
One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico
Let me ride on the back of a flatbed, half-loaded with hay
After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night
Who offered a broken hello
I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told
Yeah, she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo
And that's why I thought I should go
My new-found companion, one young senorita
But I must keep on runnin', it's too late to turn back
Then in the Manzanillos
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera
For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern
To the gringo, she found on the seashores of old Mexico
And start my life over on the seashores of old Mexico
And the border meant freedom, a new life, romance
'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo