Mark David Manders

The Wedding Song

Mark David Manders


1986 found me in Lubbock 
Hub city of the Lone Star state 
And it was at the airport lounge that I first kissed her 
How the hell was I to know my fate 

She was just nineteen and wild, she had a sexy smile 
And I was twenty-three going on sixteen 
And the good times we shared together, Lord knows I've known no better 
But I guess you'd a had to met her to know just what I mean

Lubbock couldn't hold the likes of our love 
So we took off one night in May 
We set our sights a just little south of El Paso 
Made Mexico by the break of day 
We won some money at the racetrack  
And she smiled as she laid back 
In the back seat of that taxi on the road to chase our dreams 

Well, the town of Seragosa is a poor one  
And a dollar can buy most anything 
Well, I slipped that judge a wrinkled pair of twenties  
In exchange for vows and a wedding ring 
And without any hesitation she signed that wedding declaration 
And you don't have to speak Spanish, boys, to know just what that means 

1986 is long forgotten,  
She and I split up and moved apart 
But the memories that we shared down in old Mexico 
Will always be alive in my heart