Evangelina Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

And I dream in the morning she brings me water 

I dream in the evening she brings me wine 

Just a poor man's daughter from Puerto Penasco 

Evangelina in old Mexico 

There's a great hot desert south of the border 

And if you don't take water you better not go 

Tequila won't get you across that desert 

To Evangelina in old Mexico 

And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane 

Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there 

God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way 

To reach that woman in old Mexico 

And I met a kind man, he guarded the border 

He said, "You don't need papers I'll let you by 

I can tell that you love her from the look in your eyes, son 

She's the rose of the desert in old Mexico 

And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane 

Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there 

God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way 

To reach that woman in old Mexico 

And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane 

Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there 

God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way 

To reach that woman in old Mexico 

And I dream in the morning she brings me water 

I dream in the evening she brings me wine 

Just a poor man's daughter from Puerto Penasco 

Evangelina in old Mexico, Evangelina, I love you so