A thousand miles out of my mind

Oh what was I thinking

Thinking I could drink all that Mexican wine

And who in the world is this woman

I’ve never seen her before

But I’ve got a feeling that she’s got a husband

Someone just kicked down the door

Better run for the border

He’s never gonna understand

Better find a place to hide

On the other side of the Rio Grande

Jose he’s tall dark and handsome

She said as she reached for her cloths

But he’s mean as a snake

When his woman you take right from under his nose

I said this is a great time to tell me

She said I thought he was in jail

Well I’m Jose’s wife Jose’s got a knife

And Jose is hot on your trail

Better run for the border

Jose he is a dangerous man

Better find a place to hide

On the other side of the Rio Grande

So I ran through the streets of Laredo

Naked as the day I was born

People were staring and clapping

And laughing and honking their horns

As I passed a church on the corner

I thought about stopping to pray

Then a voice from the blue said I’ll watch over you

But we’d better stay ahead of Jose

Better run for the border

Jose he is a dangerous man

Better find a place to hide

On the other side of the Rio Grande

Better run for the border

Jose will never understand

Better find a place to hide

On the other side of the Rio Grande

Though she’s someone else’s now

I can’t lay down no matter how I try

If I leave her then I find

She’s no father than my mind

Makes me wonder if I ever said goodbye

Night and day it’s all the same

Pour some whiskey on my flame

Burn another memory in my mind

Though the years she’s moved up town

Lord and I’ve come a long ways down

Makes me wonder if I ever said goodbye

Yes she always says hello the way she used to

But Lord she only said goodbye one time

Heaven knows I live in hell

This barroom is my cell

Makes me wonder if I ever said goodbye

Makes me wonder if I ever said goodbye

I took your hand and walked you to the door

I looked into your eyes and kissed it all goodbye

Knowing nothing could ever hurt me more

When the best thing you got going is leaving

It feels like nothing worse could come along

But you never really see how bad goodbye can be

Till the best thing you got going is gone

The worst day we ever had together

Was better than the best I spent alone

I never knew the cost of losing till I lost

Till the one thing I had right went wrong

When the best thing you got going is leaving

It feels like nothing worse could come along

But you never really see how bad goodbye can be

Till the best thing you got going is gone

No you never really see how bad goodbye can be

Till the best thing you got going is gone