I'm a stranger in this city
And I'm feeling pretty low
And whenever I get this feeling
I know where I'm bound to go
It's down in the shopping mall
And it looks real nice inside
When I feel like a lonesome cowboy
It's a pretty good place to hide
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
When you walk in through the front door
Right away you hear a Mexican dance
They got a fountain and a cactus
And a whole lot of hangin' plants
They got a waitress named Carmelita
She'll always talk to you awhile
She makes a pretty mean margarita
And she serves it with a smile
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
When it's late and I've had a few
And I'm seeing through a mist
I remember the Rio Grande and the stars and a kiss
It's a long way back to New Mexico
But i think I'm gonna be alright
I've got Mexican beer and a good imagination tonight
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
And I'm feeling pretty low
And whenever I get this feeling
I know where I'm bound to go
It's down in the shopping mall
And it looks real nice inside
When I feel like a lonesome cowboy
It's a pretty good place to hide
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
When you walk in through the front door
Right away you hear a Mexican dance
They got a fountain and a cactus
And a whole lot of hangin' plants
They got a waitress named Carmelita
She'll always talk to you awhile
She makes a pretty mean margarita
And she serves it with a smile
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
When it's late and I've had a few
And I'm seeing through a mist
I remember the Rio Grande and the stars and a kiss
It's a long way back to New Mexico
But i think I'm gonna be alright
I've got Mexican beer and a good imagination tonight
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
Santa Fe Cantina
I always hate to leave
Santa Fe Cantina
If even make believe
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Tonight We Ride (1986)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Radio Land
- Face to Face with the Night
- The Pony Man
- Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew’s Song)
- O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Disenchanted
- Got to Pay the Fiddler
- Woodsmoke in the Wind
- Wild Ripplin’ Waters
- Pearls in the Snow
- The Running Blood
- Family Tree
- Two Step Is Easy
- Cool Water
- Rings of Life
- Two-Step ’Round The Christmas Tree
- River of Time
- I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Love Affairs