A long time ago in the small border town of Nogales
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There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales
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Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun
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And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked on a ranch just outside of Tucson
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Diamonds he gave to her caused many people to say
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How could he give her such diamonds as these on thirty a month cowboy pay
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She paid no attention to what they said or what they did
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Cause she never doubted he worked on a ranch out of Tucson just like he said
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Then to Nogales one morning came ridin' a stranger
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He wore a badge on the front of his vest the new one in town was a ranger
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And he showed some pictures of outlaws and bandits he chased
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And one of the pictures caused Ava Maria to turn with fear on her face
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Ava Maria it's true what they said
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Your cowboy's an outlaw with a price on his head
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The ranger left town on the trail of the outlaws he hunted
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Ava Maria prayed he'd never catch the cowboy she loved and she wanted
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Cause deep in her heart she believed that the ranger was wrong
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The outlaw just looked like the cowboy that worked on the ranch just outside of Tucson
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True love would never let Ava Maria believe it
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And there in her window each evening she'd light a candle and hope he would see it
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The years turned her dark hair to silver but love still lived on
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She prayed every night for the cowboy that worked on the ranch just outside of Tucson
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One night the town of Nogales was saddened to see
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The window where Ava Maria would watch was dark where a light used to be
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Some love stories live for awhile and then they are gone
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For over a century the story of Ava Maria has lived on and on
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Ava Maria it's your spirit lives on
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I hope you have found him at the ranch just outside of Tucson
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Ava Maria Morales
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| Marty Robbins |
