Released: May 25, 1972
Songwriter: Michael Martin Murphey
Producer: Bob Johnston
Just a loud mouth Yankee
I went down to Mexico
I didn't have much time to spend
About a week or so
There I lightly took advantage
Of a girl who loved me so
But I found myself a-thinkin'
When the time had come to go
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram 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
Then she told me that she loved me
Not with words but with a kiss
And like a fool I kept on thinkin'
Of a tram I could not miss
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
Well, it's been a year or so
And I want to go back again
And if I get the money
Well, I'll ride the same old train
But I guess your chances come
But once and boy I sure missed mine
And still I can't stop thinkin'
When I hear some whistle cryin'
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I went down to Mexico
I didn't have much time to spend
About a week or so
There I lightly took advantage
Of a girl who loved me so
But I found myself a-thinkin'
When the time had come to go
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram 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
Then she told me that she loved me
Not with words but with a kiss
And like a fool I kept on thinkin'
Of a tram I could not miss
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
Well, it's been a year or so
And I want to go back again
And if I get the money
Well, I'll ride the same old train
But I guess your chances come
But once and boy I sure missed mine
And still I can't stop thinkin'
When I hear some whistle cryin'
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
I should be on that tram and gone
I should be riding' on that tram to San Antone
What am I doin' hangin' 'round?
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Geronimo’s Cadillac (1972)
- River of Time (1988)
- Buckaroo Blue Grass (2009)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue