Ave Maria Morales

A long time ago in the
Small border town of Nogalas
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 Nogalas, one mormin'
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 bandit's 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 beleived
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 evenin' she'd light
A candle and hoped 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 Nogalas
Was saddened to see
The window where Ava Maria would watch was
Dark where a light used to be
Some love stories live for a while
And then they are gone
For over a century the story of Ava
Maria has lived on and on

Ava Maria if your spirit lives on
I hope you have found him
At the ranch just outside of Tucson