Rio Grande

I was somewhere our west in El Paso

Or maybe it was Mexico

With a brown-eyed girl in a Mezcal world

She was someone that I didn't know

I didn't, didn't, didn't know

Was headed for a little vacation

To get away from my sorrows

But it's an empty place

When you miss the face

Of the only love you've ever known

All the wild birds

Sing a cowboy song

On the Rio Grande

'Cause my love is gone

Every single man

Rides off into the sun

On the Rio Grande

Drinking till the dawn

'Cause my love is gone

It was somewhere our west in El Paso

Where they say I lost my soul

You let the vultures fly when you waved goodbye

Now I'm someone that I didn't know

I didn't, didn't, didn't know

Was headed for a little vacation

To get away from my sorrows

The days are hot and you're all I've got

Just a memory to keep me going

All the wild birds

Sing a cowboy song

On the Rio Grande

'Cause my love is gone

Every single man

Rides off into the sun

On the Rio Grande

Drinkin' till the dawn

'Cause my love is gone

I was walking away from El Paso

But it wouldn't let me go

I got carried away

In a river of wine

Found the basement of the Alamo

The Ala-Alamo

Was lookin' for a little salvation

But wound up sleepin' in a hole

'Cause I crossed the wrong man

With a gun in his hand

Now I'm dyin', babe I love you so

All the wild birds

Sing a cowboy song

On the Rio Grande

'Cause my love is gone

Every single man

Rides off into the sun

On the Rio Grande

Drinkin' till the dawn

'Cause my love is gone