What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round?
(Michael Martin Murphey)
1965, 1967 Screen Gems

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

Chorus:
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
And we took a little walk
I didn't know much Spanish
And there was no time for talk
Then she told me that she loved me
Not with words but with a kiss
Like a fool I kept on thinking
Of some train I could not miss

Repeat Chorus

Now it's been a year or so
I wanna go back again
And if I get the money
I will ride the same old train
But I guess your chances come but once
And I sure have missed mine
But still I get to 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?

 

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