Santa Rosa / St. Augustine

I begin once again , my song to the wind
In a slow south Laredo rain
Goodbye to the ones I left behind
Santa rosa , sweet Augustine
I've left a thousand times I'm leaving again
I can hear those engines turning
a thousand and one as I'm leaving today
I don't know when I'll be returning

Oh the gasoline burns and the engines turn
Our hearts got caught in between
A new day will dawn but by then I'll be gone
Santa Rosa or sweet Augustine

On the ground last night I slept with my Rose
Her body soft like a pillow
With flowers in the air and her limp brown hair
Dangling over my shoulder like a willow

But of sweet august I'll say no more
You might say her love was a secret to me
with her lonely looks like in a paperback book
You might say I loved her desperately

Oh the gasoline burns and the engines turn
Our hearts got caught in between
A new day will dawn but by then I'll be gone
Santa Rosa or Saint Augustine

They're sifting us down with with a fine tooth comb
Like there's some kind of big mystery
They can pry they can tear , but still I'll swear I'm takin' only memories with me

They've searched our belongings , they're waving us through
A change of the guards means a new deck of card
Still I'm takin' only memories with me

Oh the gasoline burns and the engines turn
And our hearts got caught in between
A new day will dawn but by then I'll be gone
santa Rosa or St. Augustine