South Texas Girl Lyrics - Lovett Lyle

(Guy Clark) 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

(Lyle Lovett) 

Three in the front seat they sat on each side 

That green-and-white 58 Fairlane it would glide 

Down farm roads past open fields seeming like no big deal 

As it was happening I never felt a thing 

But now looking back it seems like it was everything 

Singing with mom just so we could hear ourselves sing 

Stealing a drink from the cold can in daddy's lap 

Protected by only a small thin brown paper sack 

And the wind blew the echoes of long-faded voices 

And they'd sing me a song that the old cowboys sang 

And I didn't know what the words meant or anything 

I was just singing because I was supposed to 

Sing Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

And with the windows wide open it felt hot to us anyway 

Three bound together on a day just like any day 

They told me and taught me and showed me and bought me 

Whatever I wanted from the corner U-tote-M 

They say the name Corpus Christi means the body of Jesus 

Pronounce it Refugio city folks they don't know 

It looks like Palacios but sounds like 

Just listen the next time you're watchin' Sid Lasher 

And the wind blew the echoes of long-faded voices 

And they would sing me a song that the old cowboys sang 

And I didn't know what the words meant or anything 

I was just singing 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

And I didn't know what the words meant or anything 

I was just singing 

And these days with car seats and open container laws 

Social correctness leaves no room for Santa Claus 

Sitting right next to me she looks like that used to be 

Song that they sang for me 

And with the windows wide open it feels hot to us anyway 

Two bound together on a day just like any day 

The wind blows the echoes of long-faded voices 

And they sing us a song that the old cowboys sang 

And now that I know what the words mean and everything 

I am still singing 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we stumble around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

(Music ends) 

(Guy Clark) 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl 

(Everyone) 

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please 

As we wonder around in this dangerous world 

Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet 

As the undying love of a South Texas girl