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In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros 
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Round the plaza the couples are walking to music so sweet 
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I found my love not too long ago in Matamoros 
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But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street 

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Oh the promises that she made with eyes black as midnight 
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How could I know how fickle her promise could be 
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Now I'm back to find what I feel is mine in Matamoros 
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And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me 

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Streets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Matamoros 
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I stop for one moment outside of Miguel's swinging door 
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My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of Grenada 
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She once called it our song and vowed she'd be mine evermore 

      G 
Then across the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her 
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Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair 
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Fate may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros 
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For the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share 

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Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros 
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And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life 
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I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it Mañana 
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Then seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife 

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I know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos 
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Of the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the floor 
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They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matoamoros 
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And wonder what happened for he never returned anymore