Dave Alvin - Rio Grande Lyrics
Dave Alvin/Tom Russell(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI/Frontera Music, ASCAP)I guess she put her blue dress onAnd walked out late last nightLeft one silk stockingDangling from the bedside lightI sobered up and called her nameJust before the dawnI saw her footprints in the sandAnd knew that she had goneDown the Rio Grande.I pulled out of AlbuquerquePrayin' I wasn't lateI got a couple cups of coffeeAt some joint off the interstatePassin' through Las CrucesI swear I saw her carShe always said she'd go somedayBut never said how farDown the Rio Grande.Maybe she's in BrownsvilleShe's got some family thereShe was always talkin' boutThe salty Gulf Coast airWhere the river endsDown the Rio Grande.I saw an old grey heronFlyin' south against the windStorm clouds over JuarezRollin' east to the Big BendI drove down Highway NinetyThrough a dusty desert windI didn't know where it would lead meOr if I'd find her againDown the Rio Grande.I lit my last cigaretteAs the sky began to clearBlack mountains up aheadA red sundown in my mirrorLost all the borderTween the future and the pastOne fading slowlyAnd the other comin' fastDown the Rio Grande.Maybe she's in BrownsvilleShe's got some family thereShe was always talkin' boutThe salty gulf coast airWhere the river endsDown the Rio Grande.I bought a bottle in Del RioAnd I parked on the side of the roadI stayed up all nightStarin' at the lights of MexicoAnd I walked down to border bridgeAt the break of dayAnd I threw that empty bottle offAnd I watched it float awayDown the Rio Grande.Maybe she's in BrownsvilleShe's got some family thereShe was always talkin boutThe salty gulf coast airWhere the river endsDown the Rio GrandeWhere the river ends.
