The Seashores Of Old Mexico - Merle Haggard, The Strangers

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

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 know

Yeah an' 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 half-loaded with hay

Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera

Then in the 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 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

But she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo

That’s all I needed to know

Hey I found what we needed on the seashores of old Mexico

Yes she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo

That’s all I needed to know… ahh hah…

Hey I found what I needed on the seashores of old mexico…