Down The Rio Grande

baby pulled her blue dress on and walked out in the night left one silk stalking dangling from the bedside light i sobered up and called her name just before the dawn i followed foot prints through the sand i knew where she had gone down the rio grande down the rio grande I pulled out of Albuquerque Must of been past eight four cups of coffee and i hit the interstate rolling through Las Cruces I thought i saw her car she always said shed go someday she never said how far down the rio grande down the rio grande (chorus) Maybe she's Brownsville she's got some family there Shew always talked about the salty gulf coast air where the river ends Down the rio grande i saw an old grey heron flying south against the wind storm clouds over Jaurez rolling down the big bend i called her name in esparonzos dusty desert rain but who knows what the hell id say if i found her again on the rio grande down the rio grande i turned south on highway 90 sky begin to clear black mountains out ahead red sundown rearview mirror haunted by her dark wet skin moving next to mine i swore that things would change if could hold her one more time on the rio grande down the rio grande (chorus) i bought a bottle in del rio and pulled out of the road spent the whole night starring at the lights of mexico i walked down to the border bridge about the break of day through that empty bottle off and watched float away down the rio grande down the rio grande so know im heading down to brownsville and the gulf of mexico just like that empty bottle i may sink or else ill float to the rivers end down the rio grande baby pulled her blue dress on and walked out in the night down the rio grande