RIO GRANDE Dave Alvin - C 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 Chorus 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 grey 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 Repeat Chorus 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 Repeat Chorus…Where the river ends Guitargeek1155