Vaquero

This old Mexican cowboy at the bar looked a hundred years old

He had a million-dollar smile and his weathered brown skin shimmered like California gold

He said "I'm a little short on cash but I'm long on life

For a shot of tequila I'll give you some dang good advice"

He said don't leave your beer in the hot Texas Sun

Don't argue with a woman while she's holding a gun

Never cheat when it comes to love or dominoes

Vaya con dios said the old vaquero

Well my heart sank the more he drank, the more he poured out his misery

How he lost her after 47 years and his tears started flowing like the Rio Grande

He started speaking in Spanish then he kissed his rosary

Said "Por siempre mi amor here's one more to her memory"

He said don't live your life like a sad country song

A fool on a stool still a fool right or wrong

Pride is a bandito breaking hearts as he goes

Vaya con dios said the old vaquero

I walked over to the corner, turned the old jukebox on

And when I turned back around like a ghost he was gone

So I paid his tab called a cab and called it a night and came straight home to you

As we laid there in bed I told you all the things he said we laughed we cried and I held you the whole night through

You know I think of him often out there all alone

Maybe he was an angel or just and old man from San Antone

He said don't leave your beer in the hot Texas Sun

Don't argue with a woman while she's holding a gun

Never cheat when it comes to love or dominoes

Vaya con dios

He said don't live your life like a sad country song

A fool on a stool still a fool right or wrong

Pride is a bandito breaking hearts as he goes

Vaya con dios he said vaya con dios

This old Mexican cowboy at the bar looked a hundred years old

He had a million-dollar smile and his weathered brown skin shimmered like California gold