Rio Grande Lyrics - Dave Alvin

I guess she put her blue dress on 

And walked out late last night 

Left one silk stocking 

Dangling from the bedside light 

I sobered up and called her name 

Just before the dawn 

I saw her footprints in the sand 

And knew that she had gone 

Down the Rio Grande 

I pulled out of Albuquerque 

Prayin' I wasn't late 

I got a couple cups of coffee 

At some joint off the interstate 

Passin' through Las Cruces 

I swear I saw her car 

She always said she'd go someday 

But never said how far 

Down the Rio Grande 

Maybe she's in Brownsville 

She's got some family there 

She was always talkin' bout 

The salty Gulf Coast air 

Where the river ends 

Down the Rio Grande 

I saw an old gray heron 

Flyin' south against the wind 

Storm clouds over Juarez 

Rollin' east to the Big Bend 

I drove down Highway Ninety 

Through a dusty desert wind 

I didn't know where it would lead me 

Or if I'd find her again 

Down the Rio Grande 

I lit my last cigarette 

As the sky began to clear 

Black mountains up ahead 

A red sundown in my mirror 

Lost all the border 

Tween the future and the past 

One fading slowly 

And the other comin' fast 

Down the Rio Grande 

Maybe she's in Brownsville 

She's got some family there 

She was always talkin' bout 

The salty gulf coast air 

Where the river ends 

Down the Rio Grande 

I bought a bottle in Del Rio 

And I parked on the side of the road 

I stayed up all night 

Starin' at the lights of Mexico 

And I walked down to border bridge 

At the break of day 

And I threw that empty bottle off 

And I watched it float away 

Down the Rio Grande 

Maybe she's in Brownsville 

She's got some family there 

She was always talkin bout 

The salty gulf coast air 

Where the river ends 

Down the Rio Grande 

Where the river ends