she was a girl on a wagon train
headed west across the plain
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
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 the times were tough 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
the christian women 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
she watched her boy grow into a man
he had an angel's heart and the devil's hand
and he wore a star for all to see
he was a texas lawman legacy
one day word blew into town
it seemed that the man that shot his father down had robbed a bank in cherico
the only thing between 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
the legend tells to this very day
that shots came from an ally way
but no one knows who held the gun
there ain't no doubt when you ask someone in lonesome dove
back to back with the rio grande
the christian women 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
