Gringo Lyrics

Gringo lyrics

Bill Payne 



Gringo, Southern California bound 

Gringo, take a stop and look around 

(come and lay your money down) 

Ain't no banana republic, gringo 

There's oil deep beneath the ground 

Two or three weeks in Mexico 

And you think you've seen it all 

  

Gringo, stars and stripes out in the cold 

Gringo, here's a hand you can take hold of 

(even though we're bought and sold) 

Drink Coca-Cola says the sign there 

America has made its mark 

(they said blood is thicker than water) 

Something tells me we really oughta 

Come out of the dark 

  

Night long saxophone in the barrio 

(the chicas will warm you) 

They can be persuasive gringo 

With stars in their eyes 

  

Spend a week in Acapulco 

No Esperanto needed there 

Lovers are like broken glass 

They're everywhere 

  

(the chicas will warm you) 

They can be persuasive gringo 

With stars in their eyes 

  

Gringo, think of this before you leave 

Gringo, the truth is easy to deceive 

(if truth you're ready to receive) 

Between the open road are your memories 

Tender hearted though they may be 

(they say blood is thicker than water) 

(they say all suffering comes to an end) 

(the common saying for friend is amigo) 

Gringo 

  

Red Cadillac at sunset slowing down 

For another look at that border town