We were standin' on a mountain top   Where the cactus flowers grow   I was wishin' that the world would stop   When you said we'd better go      We took a rowboat 'cross the Rio Grande   Captain Pablo was our giude   For two dollars in a weathered hand   He rowed us to the other side      CHORUS:   And we were dreamin' like the end was not in sight   And we dreamed all afternoon   We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate   A gringo honeymoon      We stepped out onto the golden sand   The sun was high and burning down   Rented donkeys from an old blind man   Saddled up and rode to town      Tied our donkeys to an ironwood tree   By the street where the children play   We walked in the first place we could see   Servin' cold beer in the shade      CHORUS:   We were drinkin' like the end was not in sight   And we drank all afternoon   We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate   A gringo honeymoon      Met a cowboy who said that he   Was running from the DEA   He left a home, a wife, a family   When he made his getaway      We followed him on down a street of dust   To his one room run-down shack   He blew a smoke ring and he smiled at us   I ain't never goin' back      CHORUS:   We were flyin' like the end was not in sight   And we soared all afternoon   We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate   A gringo honeymoon      He said there's one last place that you should go   He took us to the town's best bar   He knew a crusty caballero   Who played an old gut string guitar      And he sang like Marty Robbins could   Played like no one I've known   For a while we knew that life was good   It was ours to take back home      CHORUS:   We were singin' like the end was not in sight   And we sang all afternoon   We asked the world to wait so we could celebrate   A gringo honeymoon      We were standin' on a mountain top   Where the cactus flowers grow   I was wishin' that the world would stop   When you said we'd better go