The Border Affair

Spanish is the loving tongue
Soft as silver, lightest grey
There was a girl I learned it from
Living down Sonora way

And I don't look much like a lover
Still I say her love words over
Mostly when I'm all alone
Mi amore, mi corazón

And there were nights when I would ride
She would listen for my spurs
Swing that big door open wide
Raise those laughing eyes of hers

And oh how my heart would near stop beating
When I'd hear her tender greeting
Whispered low, for me alone
Mi amore, mi corazón

Moonlight on the patio
Old señora nodding near
Me and juana talking low
So her madre wouldn't hear

And oh how those hours would get to flying
Pretty soon I'd hear her crying
"Please don't leave me all alone"
"Mi amore, mi corazón"

Then one night, I had to fly
I got into a foolish gambling fight
And I had to say a swift goodbye
On that black, unlucky night

But traveling north, her words kept ringing
With every hoofbeat I'd hear her singing
"Please don't leave me all alone"
"Mi amore, mi corazón"

I've never seen her since that night
I can't cross the line, you know
She was Mexican, and I was white
Like as not, it's better so

Yet I've always sorta missed her
Since that very last night when I kissed her
I broke her heart, but I lost my own
Adiós, mi corazón