She was a girl
on a wagon train
Haded west
across the plains
The train
got lost
in a summer storm
They couldn't
move west and
they couldn't
go home
Then she saw him
riding through
the rain
He took charge of
the wagons and
he saved the train
And she looked down
and her heart
was gone
The train went west
but she stayed on
In lonesome dove
A farmer's daughter
with a gentle hand
A blooming rose
in a bed of sand
She loved the man
who wore a star
A Texas Ranger
known near and far
So they got married
and they had a child
But times
were touch and
the West was wild
So it was
no surprise
the day she learned
That her Texas man
would not return
To lonesome dove
Back to back
with the Rio Grande
A Christian woman
in the devil's land
She learned
the language and
she learned to fight
But she never
learned how to beat
the lonely nights
In lonesome dove
Lonesome dove
She watched her boy
grow into a man
He had an
angel's heart and
the devil's hand
He wore star
for all to see
He was a texas
lawman legacy
The one day word
blew into town
It seemed the men
that shot his
father down
Had robbed a bank
in Cherico
The only thing
tween them
and Mexico
Was lonesome dove
The shadows
stretched across
the land
As the shots
rang out down the
Rio Grande
And when the smoke
had finally cleared
the street
The men lay at
the ranger's feet
But legend tells
to this very day
That shots
were coming from
an alleyway
Though no one knows
who held the gun
There ain't
no doubt if you
ask someone
In lonesome dove
Back to back
with the Rio Grande
The Christian woman
in the devil's land
She learned
the language and
she learned to fight
But she
never learned
how to beat the
lonely nights
In lonesome dove
Lonesome dove