Seahorses Of Old Mexico (Album Version)

Seahorses Of Old Mexico - Merle Haggard

We left out of tucson with no destination in mind

We 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 we thought we should go

And start our life 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

We wanted in tucson we know

Things will 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 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

'Cause she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo

That's all we needed to know

Yeah we found what we needed on the seashores of old mexico