Merle Haggard Seashores Of Old Mexico Lyrics

Seashores Of Old Mexico Lyrics

We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind

We were runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind

And the border meant freedom, a new life and romance

And that's why we thought we should go

And start our lives over on the seashores of old Mexico



Our first night in Juarez, we lost all the money we had

One bad senorita made use of two innocent lad

But we must keep on runnin' it's too late to turn back

And we wanted in Tucson, we know

An' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico



Two Mexican farmers en route to a town, I can't say

Let us ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay

Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera

Then in the Manzanillos

Where we slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico



After one long siesta, we came wide awake in the night

We were startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight

Our new-found 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 the gringo, my red hair and lingo

Well that's all I needed to know

We found what we needed on the seashores of old Mexico