I LEFT OUT OF TUCSON
WITH NO DESTINATION
IN MIND
I WAS RUNNIN'
FROM TROUBLE
AND THE JAIL TERM
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
I LOST ALL THE MONEY
I HAD
ONE BAD SENORITA
MADE USE OF ONE
INNOCENT LAD
BUT I MUST KEEP ON
RUNNIN'
IT'S TOO LATE
TO TURN BACK
I'M WANTED IN TUCSON
I'M TOLD
YEAH AN' THINGS'LL
BLOW OVER
ON THE SEASHORES
OF OLD MEXICO
TWO MEXICAN FARMERS
IN 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 INTO MANZANILLOS
WHERE I SLEPT IN
THE SUNSHINE
ON THE SEASHORES
OF OLD MEXICO
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
SHE SPOKE OF SONORA
AND SWORE THAT
SHE'D NEVER RETURN
FOR HER MEXICAN
HUSBAND
SHE REALLY
HAD NO GREAT CONCERN
'CAUSE SHE LOVED
A 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
A GRINGO
MY RED HAIR AND LINGO
THAT'S ALL I NEEDED
TO KNOW
HA HA
HEY I FOUND
WHAT I NEEDED
ON THE SEASHORES
OF OLD MEXICO