What Am I Doing Hanging Around - Michael Martin Murphey

Just a loud mouth Yankee, I went down to Mexico

I didn’t have much time to spend, about a week or so

I lightly took advantage there of a girl who loved me so

I found myself a-thinkin' when my time had come to go

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?

I should be on that train and gone

I should be ridin' on that train to San Antone

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?

She took me to the garden just for a little walk

I didn’t know much Spanish and there was no time for talk

She told me that she loved me not with words but with a kiss

I found myself a-thinkin' of some ol' train I could not miss

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?

I should be on that train and gone

I should be ridin' on that train to San Antone

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?

It’s been a year or so and I want to go back again

And if I had the money, I’d ride the same old train

But I guess your chances come but once and I sure have missed mine

Until I find myself a-thinkin' when I hear some whistle cryin'

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?

I should be on that train and gone

I should be ridin' on that train to Mexico

What am I doin' hangin' 'round?