Intro Adios, farewell, goodbye, Mar Chiquita My love for you was never my crime Adios, farewell, goodbye, Senorita I leave a love of a man in his prime Verse I'm a rambler and a gambler, a get rich quick scrambler I follow the laws that I make on my own Had to run to, take my gun too, south of the border But I'm not the kind who can live all alone Adios, farewell, goodbye, Mar Chiquita My love for you was never my crime Adios, farewell, goodbye, Senorita I leave a love of a man in his prime Verse Just a ridin' and a-hidin', my time I was bidin' Till I met my love in a small village square Took her off, right beside me, with nothing to guide me Nothin' but stars shinin' down in her hair Adios, farewell, goodbye, Mar Chiquita My love for you was never my crime Adios, farewell, goodbye, Senorita I leave a love of a man in his prime Verse Like a fool I adored her, took her back to the border So we could be married, till death do us part But the posse was a-waitin' and the wild gun of Satan Shattered the love in my poor darlin's heart Adios, farewell, goodbye, Mar Chiquita My love for you was never my crime Adios, farewell, goodbye, Senorita I leave a love of a man in his prime Adios to a love that died in its prime Outro