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 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