Merle Haggard – The Seashores Of Old Mexico (Guitar Intro)

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I left, out of Tucson, with no destination in mind.

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I was runnin' from trouble and a jail term the judge had in mind.

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The border meant freedom, a new life, romance, and 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, I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told.

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Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico.

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Two Mexican farmers en route 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, Palima, Palmira, then in the Manzanio,

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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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That she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo, 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, that's all I needed to know.

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