Seashores Of Old Mexico Lyrics - Merle Haggard

We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind 

We were runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind 

And the border meant freedom, a new life and romance 

And that's why we thought we should go 

And start our lives 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 

And we wanted in Tucson, we know 

An' things'll 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 were startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight 

Our new-found companion, one young Senorita 

Who offered a broken hello 

To the gringo she found on the seashores of old Mexico