Down the Rio Grande

Baby pulled her blue dress on and walked out in the night
Left one silk stocking danglin' from the bedside light
I sobered up and called her name just before the dawn
I followed footprints through the sand, I knew where she had gone
Down the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande

Pulled out of Albuquerque, must have been past 8:00
Four cups of coffee and I hit the interstate
Rolling through Las Cruces, I thought I saw her car
She always said she'd go someday, shе never said how far
Down the Rio Grandе, Down the Rio Grande

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Maybe she's in Brownsville, she's got some family there
She always talked about the salty Gulf Coast air
Where the river ends, Down the Rio Grande

I saw an old grey heron flyin' south against the wind
Storm clouds over Juarez rollin' down to the Big Bend
I called her name in Esperanza’s dusty desert rain
Who knows what the hell I’d say if I found her again
Down the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande

Turned south on Highway 90 – sky began to clear
Black mountains out ahead, a red sundown in the rear view mirror
Haunted by her dark wet skin rollin’ next to mine
I swore that things would change if I could hold her one more time
On the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande

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I bought a bottle in Del Rio and I pulled out off the road
I spent the night a-starin’ at the lights of Mexico
I walked down to border bridge about the break of day
I threw that empty bottle off and watched it float away
Down the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande

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Now I’m on my way to Brownsville on the Gulf of Mexico
Just like that empty bottle I may sink or else I’ll flow
To the river’s end
Down the Rio Grande

Baby pulled her blue dress on and walked out in the night
Down the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande…