Gringo Honeymoon

Album: Gringo Honeymoon (1994)
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  • We were standing on the mountain top
    where the cactus flowers grow
    I was wishing that the world would stop
    when you said we better go
    We took a row boat across the Rio Grande
    captain Pablo was our guide
    For two dollars and a weathered hat
    he rowed us to the other side

    We were dreaming like
    the end was not in sight
    and we dreamed all afternoon
    We asked the world to wait
    so we can 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 iron wood tree
    by the stream where children play
    We went in the first place we could see
    serving cold beer in the shade

    And we were drinking like
    the end was not in sight
    and we drank all afternoon
    We asked the world to wait
    so we can celebrate
    a gringo honeymoon

    Met a cowboy who said that he
    was running from the D.E.A.
    He left his home his wife and family
    when he made his get away
    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 ever goin back

    We were flying like
    the end was not in sight
    and we sold out that afternoon
    We asked the world to wait
    so we can 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 god string guitar
    and he sang like Barely Robbins could
    Played like no one I've known
    For a while we knew that life was good
    and it was ours to take back home

    And we were singing like
    the end was not in sight
    And we sang all afternoon
    We asked the world to wait
    so we can celebrate
    a gringo honeymoon

    We were standing on a mountain top
    where the cactus flowers grow
    I was wishing that the world would stop
    when you said we better go Writer/s: Robert Keen
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Tat from MarfaBoquillas crossing reopened a few years ago. I was there yesterday. Danny Hinkle was the man running from the DEA. He moved away when they closed the crossing. Too bad. He's a legend in Boquillas.
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