MEXICAN LOVE SONGS
(Linda Hargrove / Pete Drake)


Linda Hargrove - 1977
Johnny Duncan - 1978





One night down in San Antone
Out on the river walk alone
I wasn't looking for a man
I was just listening to the band

And they played all those Mexican love songs
They played La Paloma, the dove
The moment my heart heard the music
I knew that the night was made for love

I ordered another Dos Equis
That Mexican beer tasted fine
Then slowly I let my eyes wander
Wondering whose eyes would catch mine

Soon then I noticed him lookin'
As if he had something to say
So I let my eyes do all the smilin'
Then slowly I turned them away

For they played all those Mexican love songs
They played La Paloma, the dove
The moment my heart heard the music
I knew that the night was made for love

The music was gone in the morning
And the beer left an ache in my head
And this cowboy that's layin' here beside me
Takes up three-fourths of the bed

They could hear him snorin' in Sonora
His breath would wilt the San Antone Rose
And his feet looked like they'd waltzed across Texas
For all I can remember, who knows

For they played all those Mexican love songs
They played La Paloma, the dove
The moment my heart heard the music
I knew that the night was made for love

Yes, they played all those Mexican love songs
They played La Paloma, the dove
The moment my heart........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)