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

We took a row boat across the Rio Grande

captain Pablo was our guide

For two dollars in a weathered hand

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 at dusk

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 Marty 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