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Rating:  4.75 (4 votes)
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Composer: Alvin, Dave, Tom Russell

Tom Russell - Down the Rio Grande lyrics



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

I pulled out of Albuquerque - must have been past 8.00
Four cups of coffee and I hit the Interstate
Rollin' through Las Cruces I thought I saw her car
She always said she'd go someday, but she never said how far
Down the Rio Grande
Down the Rio Grande.

Chorus:
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.

Chorus

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.

Chorus:
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…
Songs list of album: Borderland (2001)
         Title Rating
01   Touch of Evil lyrics  
5.00
02   Down the Rio Grande lyrics  
4.75
03   When Sinatra Played Juarez lyrics  
5.00
04   Where the Dream Begins lyrics  
5.00
05   Hills of Old Juarez lyrics   -
06   The Sante Fe at Midnight lyrics  
5.00
07   The Next Thing Smokin' lyrics  
5.00
08   California Snow lyrics  
5.00
09   Let It Go lyrics  
5.00
10   What Work Is lyrics   -
11   The Road It Gives, the Road It Takes Away lyrics  
4.67
 

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