I left out of Tucson, with no destination in mind   I was runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind   And the border meant freedom, a new life, romance   And that's why I thought I should go   And start my life over on the seashores of old Mexico      My first night in Juarez, lost all the money I had   One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad   But I must keep on runnin', it's too late to turn back   I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told   Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico      Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say   Let me ride on the back of a flatbed, half-loaded with hay   Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera   Then in the Manzanillos   Where I slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico      After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night   I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight   My new-found companion, one young senorita   Who offered a broken hello   To the gringo, she found on the seashores of old Mexico      She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return   For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern   'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo   That's all I needed to know   Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico      Yeah, she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo   That's all I needed to know, ha, ha   Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico