George Strait – Seashores Of Old Mexico (Ukulele)

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I left out of Tucson with no destination in mind

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I was running from trouble and the jail term the judge had in mind

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And the border meant freedom a new life, romance

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That's why I thought I should go

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And start my life over on the seashores of Old Mexico.

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My first night in Juarez I lost all the money I had

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One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad

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

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I'm wanted in Tucson I'm told

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Yeah and things will blow over on the seashores of Old Mexico

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Two Mexican farmers enroute to a town I can't say

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

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Down through Durango Colima Almera then into Manzanillo

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Where I slept in the sunshine on the seashores of Old Mexico

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After one long siesta I came wide awake in the night

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I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight

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My new-found companion one young senorita who offered a broken hello

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To the gringo she found on the seashores of Old Mexico

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She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return

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For her Mexican husband she really had no great concern

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But she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo

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That's all I needed to know

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Yeah I found what I needed on the seashores of Old Mexico

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Yeah, she loved the gringo my red hair and lingo

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That's all that I needed to know

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Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of Old Mexico...