EVANGELINA
Hoyt Axton 1975
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And I dream in the morning, that she brings me water;
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And I dream in the evening, that she brings me wine.
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Just a poor man’s daughter, from Porta Pen~asco;
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Evangelina, Old Mexico.
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There’s a great hot desert, South of Mexicalli;
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If you don’t have water, you’d better not go.
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Tequilla won’t get you, across that desert;
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to Evangelina, in Old Mexico.
(CHORUS)
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And the Fire I feel for the woman I love, Is driving me insane;
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knowing she’s waiting, and I can’t get there.
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God only knows that I rack my brain to try to find a way,
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to reach that woman, in old Mexico.
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And I met a kind man, he guarded the Border;
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He said you don’t need papers, I’ll let you go.
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I can tell that you love her, by the look in your eyes now;
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She’s the rose of the desert, in old Mexico.
(CHORUS)
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And the Fire I feel for the woman I love, Is driving me insane;
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knowing she’s waiting, and I can’t get there.
F#m F C G
God only knows that I rack my brain to try to find a way,
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to reach that woman, in old Mexico.
G Em D G
And I dream in the morning, that she brings me water;
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And I dream in the evening, that she brings me wine.
G C G
Just a poor man’s daughter, from Porta Pen~asco;
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South of the Border, in old Mexico.
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Evangelina, I miss you so. I miss you so.
