Lost one night, no light but for a sky jam-packed with stars,
On some lonely beach somewhere in Mexico
The night is warm, but spooky, I light a fire and play guitar
So I can blend in when the wind begins to blow.
But then the sudden señorita speaking softly from the darkness:
"Estás tocando tu guitarra para me, Forastero?"
I understand the words, but not why she would be
Alone out there in the dangers of the dark.
And why reveal herself to some maybe-crazy gringo—like me?
Unless she's some just-as-crazy puta out to score a mark.
But then the sweetest señorita stepped out of the shadows.
"Tal vez tu quieres compañia, Forastero?"
In the flicker of my fire I see thy face reveal:
Far too beautiful you are to be some common girl
More like a spirit of the night, a phantom female
Made out of myth and mist in the wind's wild whiff and whirl.
And the shining señorita speaking softly in her solitude:
"Es que tu quieres una mujer, Forastero?"
Hypnotized by your eyes I keep on playing
Perhaps you'll wish to hear a song before you go.
Or if I play it well, perhaps you will be staying.
But are you real or just the wind of Mexico?
And the strangest señorita speaking softly in her mystery:
"Tal vez que tu me quieres...a mi, Forastero?"
CHORDS
Am Dm Am
Lost one night, no light but for a sky jam-packed with stars,
Dm C Am
On some lonely beach somewhere in Mexico
Am Dm Am
The night is warm, but spooky, I light a fire and play guitar
Dm C Am
So I can blend in when the wind begins to blow.
F Em
But then the sudden señorita speaking softly from the darkness:
Am Dm Em E7 Am
"Estás tocando tu guitarra por me, Forastero?"
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