Ava Maria Morales Lyrics - Marty Robbins

A long time ago in the small border town of Nogales 

There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales 

Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun 

And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked on a ranch just outside of Tucson 

Diamonds he gave to her caused many people to say 

How could he give her such diamonds as these on thirty a month cowboy pay 

She paid no attention to what they said or what they did 

Cause she never doubted he worked on a ranch out of Tucson just like he said 

Then to Nogales one morning came ridin' a stranger 

He wore a badge on the front of his vest the new one in town was a ranger 

And he showed some pictures of outlaws and bandits he chased 

And one of the pictures caused Ava Maria to turn with fear on her face 

Ava Maria it's true what they said 

Your cowboy's an outlaw with a price on his head 

The ranger left town on the trail of the outlaws he hunted 

Ava Maria prayed he'd never catch the cowboy she loved and she wanted 

Cause deep in her heart she believed that the ranger was wrong 

The outlaw just looked like the cowboy that worked on the ranch just outside of Tucson 

True love would never let Ava Maria believe it 

And there in her window each evening she'd light a candle and hope he would see it 

The years turned her dark hair to silver but love still lived on 

She prayed every night for the cowboy that worked on the ranch just outside of Tucson 

One night the town of Nogales was saddened to see 

The window where Ava Maria would watch was dark where a light used to be 

Some love stories live for awhile and then they are gone 

For over a century the story of Ava Maria has lived on and on 

Ava Maria it's your spirit lives on 

I hope you have found him at the ranch just outside of Tucson