Rio Grande Lyrics - Tom Russell

Baby pulled her blue dress on and walked out in the night 

Left one silk stocking danglin' from the bedside light 

I sobered up and called her name just before the dawn 

I followed footprints through the sand, I knew where she had gone 

Down The Rio Grande 

Down the Rio Grande. 

Pulled out of Albuquerque, must have been past 8:00 

Four cups of coffee and I hit the interstate 

Rolling through Las Cruces, I thought I saw her car 

She always said she'd go someday, she never said how far 

Down The Rio Grande, Down The Rio Grande 

Maybe she's in Brownsville, she's got some family there 

She always talked about the salty Gulf Coast air 

Where the river ends, Down The Rio Grande