Big Rio Grande River
Austin Lounge Lizards

In the pass they call El Paso back in 1921

We saddled up and took a ride and ate a picnic lunch outside

Beneath the firey inferno of a hot August sun

Alone with me unchaperoned, a local Texas miss

Yes lovely Linda was the girl, her brilliance brightened up my world

While I was serving sadly at the fort that’s known as Bliss

We viewed a scenic vista in the valley far below

We ate cheese quesadillas flanked by fragrant beef fajitas

The insurgents were revolting in the streets of Mexico

Suddenly to my surprise a sound came from my rear

It was seventeen armed gunmen and plus one lone mounted horseman

Who softly whispered, “Por favor, I’ll take the food and beer”

By sunrise it had dawned on me, she’d run off with the great Cabrito Kid

His white mare, Caballo Blanca, would brave for him the blazing flames of hell

And after each encounter, he would call his horse and mount her

And they’d rear off with a stirring grito yell

His gold tooth flashing in the sun, his song forever endless in my head

Big Rio Grande River, it flows down to the sea

Bringing back my memories of the past

High up on Table Mesa, I feel her nearness close to me

As the evening sun sets in the west

The years have passed and gone, I’m now a wealthy billionaire

The butler calls my club by phone, I dine there by myself alone

And shiver in the coldness of my air-conditioned lair

Looking back in retrospect, my life’s a trite cliché

Chapters of past history keep echoing repeatedly

They all come back except the girl who left and went away

A phone bell rings, it’s Linda’s voice, she coos a warm hello (hello, hello, hello)

Now I am thinking pensively, how we could live expensively

So we arrange to meet up on the first floor down below

As we leave the ATM machine she steps aside

I hear, “Por favor, I’ll take the cash,” I turn and see a gold tooth flash

Now side by side by side we sing together as we ride

Big Rio Grande River, it flows down to the sea

Bringing back my memories of the past

High up on Table Mesa, I feel her nearness close to me

As the evening sun sets

As the evening sun sets

As the evening sun sets in the west

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