Gringo Honeymoon Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

We were standin' on a mountain top 

Where the cactus flowers grow 

I was wishin' that the world would stop 

When you said we'd better go 

We took a rowboat 'cross the Rio Grande 

Captain Pablo was our guide 

For two dollars in a weathered hand 

He rowed us to the other side 

And we were dreamin' like the end was not in sight 

And we dreamed all afternoon 

We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate 

A gringo honeymoon 

We stepped out onto the golden sand 

The sun was high and burning down 

Rented donkeys from an old blind man 

Saddled up and rode to town 

Tied our donkeys to an ironwood tree 

By the street where the children play 

We walked in the first place we could see 

Servin' cold beer in the shade 

We were drinkin' like the end was not in sight 

And we drank all afternoon 

We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate 

A gringo honeymoon 

Met a cowboy who said that he 

Was running from the DEA 

He left a home, a wife, a family 

When he made his getaway 

We followed him on down a street of dust 

To his one room run-down shack 

He blew a smoke ring and he smiled at us 

I ain't never goin' back 

We were flyin' like the end was not in sight 

And we soared all afternoon 

We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate 

A gringo honeymoon 

He said there's one last place that you should go 

He took us to the town's best bar 

He knew a crusty caballero 

Who played an old gut string guitar 

And he sang like Marty Robbins could 

Played like no one I've known 

For a while we knew that life was good 

It was ours to take back home 

We were singin' like the end was not in sight 

And we sang all afternoon 

We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate 

A gringo honeymoon 

We were standin' on a mountain top 

Where the cactus flowers grow 

I was wishin' that the world would stop 

When you said we'd better go