The Mission In Guadalajara Lyrics - Marty Robbins

[ Writer: Lee Emerson] 

Today was to be a day of fun and fiesta 

The wedding day of Juan and lovely Vanessa 

Inside the chapel only the padre remains 

Everyone waited but Vanessa she never came. 

Oh, only sorrow at the mission in Guadalajara 

No fiesta, no laughing, no singing 

No wedding bells will be ringing 

Only sorrow in Guadalajara. 

[--- Instrumental ---] 

And every year on that very same day in September 

He lights a candle and prays that she will remember 

Inside the chapel he begs the padre to stay 

He swears Vanessa will surely be here today. 

Oh, only sorrow at the mission in Guadalajara 

No fiesta, no laughing, no singing 

No wedding bells will be ringing 

Only sorrow in Guadalajara.