"Why Do You Do"

   
(Cesar Rosas)

Why do you do the things you do to me
Why do you do the things you do to me
I love you Baby now Baby can't you see

You got me jittery nervous all through the day
You got me jittery nervous all through the day
Well brother you know that really doesn't pay

How can you jive me and treat me this way
I'm getting sick and tired of bending your way
Please straighten out Baby stop your game
Come on now Honey don't give me more pain

Well! Why do you do it to me yeah!
Well! Why do you do it to me
I love you Baby now Baby can't you see

My friends all say that you're so doggone sweet
My friends all say that you're so doggone sweet
Well what they don't see is someone not so neat

"Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio"

   
(Don Santiago Jimenez)

Ya no quiereo que me beses ni besarte
Ni mirarte ni siquera oir tu voz
Por que supe que tenias otro amante
Y en Laredo ya tenias otros dos

[Chorus:]
Te gusta mucho el baile
Y bailas al compas
Te vas hasta Laredo
Y quieres mas y mas

Soy ranchero jugador y navegante
Ya me voy para nunca mas volver
Me dejastes sin dinero y sin rolante
Por el mundo te me echastes a correr

[Chorus:]
Te gusta mucho el baile
Y bailas al compas
Te vas hasta Laredo
Y quieres mas y mas

Ya me voy a te dejo en San Antonio
Tu manita no te la puedo quitar
Momento que pareces el demonio
Cuando mueves la cintura pa' bailar

[Chorus:]
Te gusta mucho el baile
Y bailas al compas
Te vas hasta Laredo
Y quieres mas y mas

"Don't Worry Baby"

   
(Cesar Rosas/Louie Perez/T-Bone Burnett)

Standin' there by the window
Starin' out at the night
You've got so many troubles
On your nervous mind
But don't worry baby
It's gonna work out fine

You hear the sound of footsteps
Stealing 'cross the floor
You picked up the receiver
You didn't know what for
Then you saw the shadow
Steppin' through the door

Well don't worry baby
What the world may bring
Well don't worry baby
It won't change a thing
Life is a fly
And then you die

Standin' near by the window
Starin' out at the night
You see your lover leanin'
Against the old street light
But don't worry baby
It's gonna be alright

He was tossin' and turnin'
And he couldn't sleep
It ain't sure to bother
And it was just a dream
So where was he goin'
Headin' down the street

Well don't worry baby
What the world may bring
Well don't worry baby
It won't change a thing
Life is a fly

"A Matter Of Time"

   
(David Hidalgo/Louie Perez)

Speak softly, don't wake the baby
Come and hold me once more
Before I have to leave
Because there's a lot of work out there
Everything will be fine
And I'll send for you baby
Just a matter of time

Our life, the only thing we know
Come and tell me once more
Before you have to go
That's there's a better world out there
Though it don't feel right
Will it be like I hope
Just a matter of time

And I hope it's all it seems
Not another empty dream
There's a time for you and me
In a place living happily

And I hope it's all it seems
Not another empty dream
There's a time for you and me
In a place living happily

Walk quietly, don't make a sound
Believe in what you're doing
I know we can't be wrong
Don't worry about us here
It will be alright
And we'll be there with you
Just a matter of time
And we'll all be together
Just a matter of time
A matter of time
We'll be together
In a matter of time
You and me, a matter of time
It will be like I hoped
A matter of time

"Corrido #1"

   
(Cesar Rosas)

It's been a long and loney lonely year
Since the last time I saw you my dear
Don't you remember when I was in my surrender
I said I'd always love you endlessly

Hey little sweetheart, so how you doing now?
I thought without me you probably would drown
I guess I was wrong and for that it is so long
Take care my darling, I hope to see you around

Parting with you I'll never ever get
Our love can be here and instantly regret
You showed me love and gave me understanding
Baby with out you it's going to leave me shredded

It's been a long and loney lonely year
Since the last time I saw you my dear
Don't you remember when I was in my surrender
I said I'd always love you endlessly
I said I'd always love you endlessly
I said I'd always love you endlessly

"Our Last Night"

   
(David Hidalgo/Louie Perez)

Now at last the night has fallen
We're all alone
The sky is dark, the stars are bright
And we're so far from home

You and I have been together
For so many years
If love is right, why do you fight
To hold back needless tears

Tell me that it'll be alright
But when I'm deep inside I realize
That this our last night

Bring your pretty head closer
Get it close to mine
Your eyes are saying something
But the words are hard to find

Love don't know it lasts forever
Ours is here to stay
After all the love we've given
Please don't look at me that way

Tell me that it'll be alright
But when I'm deep inside I realize
That this our last night

Feelings come and hearts fall broken
Slipping through our hands
The ways of life and love
I'll never never understand

If it's true what you've been saying
If there's still a chance
Why is it that the two of us
Can't rescue this romance

Faded love don't ever come back
So the story goes
There is a side of you and I
Where love no longer goes

Tell me that it'll be alright
But when I'm deep inside I realize
That this our last night

"The Breakdown"

   
(David Hidalgo/Louie Perez/T-Bone Burnett)

How could things be so easy some days
And so hard in times when I could use
Some help coming by my way
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

You say that I should be somebody
Don't you think that I'd be funny
In a suit and tie, ol' mister nine-to-five
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

I've been racking my brain
Trying to find a way to make ends meet
I've been making two bridges
Write you songs that you can sing
There ain't anybody else that I could be

Say, how long will it be now
How long will it be now
How long will it be now
How long will it take to make him see my side
I ain't no nine to five
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

If you could only own a mountain made of solid gold
What difference would it make
You'd just have more to break
And I don't know why you won't take me for myself
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself

"I Got Loaded"

   
(Camille Bob)

Last night I got Loaded
On a bottle of gin, on a bottle of gin
Last night I got loaded
On a Bottle of gin, on a bottle of gin
But I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright, I feel alright

Night before last I got loaded
On a bottle of whiskey, on a bottle of whiskey
Night before last I got loaded
On a bottle of whiskey, on a bottle of whiskey
But I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright, I feel alright

Tonight I might get loaded
On a bottle of wine, on a bottle of wine
Tonight I might get loaded
On a bottle of wine, on a bottle of wine
But I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright, I feel alright

"Serenata Nortena"

   
(Traditional)

A sonar del bajo sexto
Al compar del contrabajo
Y al arrullo de acordeon
En esta noche cantada
Bajo al pie de tu ventana
Vengo entregarte mi amor

Hace tiempo que te quiero
Hace tiempo que te adoro
Con todo mi corazon
Y te juro que no miento
Pues jamas un buen norteno
Habla sin tener honor

Serenata nortena
Al estilo Nuevo Leon
Que tambien en Matamoros
Por Reynosa y Rio Bravo
Son de pura tradicion

Por estas que no le estrane
Que no venga con mariachi
Que no venga con orquesta
O con cualquier otro son
Pero es que aqui en mi Norte
Pero es que aqui en mi Norte
Reina mas el acordeon

Chaparrita de mi vida
Mi nenita consentida
Eres tambo y orejon
Y al perfume de tu encanto
Yo te adoro, te idolatro
Con todo mi corazon

Serenata nortena
Al estilo Nuevo Leon
Que tambien en Matamoros
Por Reynosa y Rio Bravo
Son de pura tradicion

"Evangeline"

   
(David Hidalgo/Louie Perez)

Evangeline is on the roam
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she is
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make believe, Evangeline

I can still remember this little girl
Black eyes just staring
At this big old world
Ran off to find some American dream
Train ticket in one hand
In her new blue jeans

Evangeline is on the roam
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she is
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make believe, Evangeline

She went out dancin' on a Saturday night
Silk stockings and high heels
Blue liner on her eyes
But on Sunday morning she's all alone
Head lying on the nightstand
By the telephone

Evangeline is on the roam
Just barely seventeen
When she left home
Don't know where she is
Or where she's going
She is the queen of make believe, Evangeline
She is the queen of make believe, Evangeline