And I dream in the morning she brings me water   I dream in the evening she brings me wine   Just a poor man's daughter from Puerto Penasco   Evangelina in old Mexico      There's a great hot desert south of the border   And if you don't take water you better not go   Tequila won't get you across that desert   To Evangelina in old Mexico      And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane   Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there   God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way   To reach that woman in old Mexico      And I met a kind man, he guarded the border   He said, "You don't need papers I'll let you by   I can tell that you love her from the look in your eyes, son   She's the rose of the desert in old Mexico?      And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane   Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there   God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way   To reach that woman in old Mexico      And the fire I feel for the woman I love is drivin' me insane   Knowin' she's waitin' and I can't get there   God only knows that I wracked my brain to try and find a way   To reach that woman in old Mexico      And I dream in the morning she brings me water   I dream in the evening she brings me wine   Just a poor man's daughter from Puerto Penasco   Evangelina in old Mexico, Evangelina, I love you so