Marty Robbins - Ava Maria Morales lyrics

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A long time ago in the small border town of Nogalas<br />

There lived a beautiful Mexican girl named Ava Maria Morales<br />

Her dark hair would glisten and shine when touched by the sun<br />

And she loved a cowboy that told her he worked<br />

ON a ranch just outside of Tucson<br />

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Diamonds he gave to her caused many people to say<br />

How could he give her such diamonds as these on thirty a month cowboy pay<br />

She paid no attention to what they said or what they did<br />

'Cause she never doubted he worked on a ranch<br />

Out of Tucson, just like he said<br />

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Then to Nogalas, one mormin', came ridin' a stranger<br />

He wore a badge on the front of his vest, the new one in town was a Ranger<br />

And he showed some pictures of outlaws and bandits he chased<br />

And one of the pictures caused Ava Maria<br />

To turn with fear on her face<br />

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Ava Maria<br />

It's true what they said<br />

Your cowboy's an outlaw<br />

With a price on his head<br />

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The Ranger left town on the trail of the outlaws he hunted<br />

Ava Maria prayed he'd never catch the cowboy she loved and she wanted<br />

'Cause deep in her heart she beleived that the Ranger was wrong<br />

The outlaw just looked like the cowboy that worked<br />

On the ranch just outside of Tucson<br />

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True love would never let Ava Maria believe it<br />

And there in her window each evenin' she'd light<br />

A candle and hoped he would see it<br />

The years turned her dark hair to silver but love still lived on<br />

She prayed every night for the cowboy that worked<br />

On the ranch just outside of Tucson<br />

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One night the town of Nogalas was saddened to see<br />

The window where Ava Maria would watch was dark where a light used to be<br />

Some love stories live for a while and then they are gone<br />

For over a century the story of Ava Maria has lived on and on<br />

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Ava Maria<br />

If your spirit lives on<br />

I hope you have found him<br />

At the ranch just outside of Tucson