James McMurtry
The Band of Heathens
Ray Benson
Charlie Musselwhite
Bobby Bare
Radney Foster
Tom Russell
Tim Easton
Scott H. Biram
Slaid Cleaves
Walt Wilkins
Shinyribs
Rod Picott
Jon Dee Graham
Terri Hendrix
Chris Fullerton
Jonathan Tyler
Rodney Crowell
[Verse 1]
North of Portales, above the Caprock plain
She was lookin' out the window at the New Mexico rain
I'd found her sleepin' in a haystack
I left her dreaming and I never went back
[Chorus]
Hand-woven love songs [in/and?] sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Is all I ever gave to you
[Verse 2]
She was a woman, she was barely twenty-five
So nice to look at, wild and alive
She was in love, you know, but I could not see
When she'd say her prayers she'd say one for me
[Chorus]
And I said, hand-woven love songs of sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Was all I ever gave to you
[Verse 3]
Sometime that winter I heard that old [row?]
The high wild wind, cold and alone
She gave me an old ring for my hand
Said, "I know you're leaving, won't you love me while you can"
[Chorus]
Hand-woven love songs of sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Was all I ever gave to you
Was all I ever gave to you
Portales was written by Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Rod Picott released Portales on Fri Aug 30 2019.