Marty Robbins Ava Maria Morales Lyrics:
A long time ago in the small border town of
Nogales 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 Nogales one morning 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 bandits he chased 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 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 believed 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 evening she'd light a
candle and hope 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 Nogales was saddened to see
The window where Ava Maria would watch was dark
where a light used to be Some love stories live
for awhile and then they are gone For over a
century the story of Ava Maria has lived on and on

Ava Maria it's your spirit lives on I hope you
have found him at the ranch just outside of Tucson
Lyrics: Ava Maria Morales, Marty Robbins [end]