Song Description
A heartbroken father returns with his infant son to the banks of the Rio Grande, reflecting on courtship evenings spent there and on what might have been.
| Song Length |
3:10 |
Genre |
Country - General, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Peaceful, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Heartbreak, Sadness |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Rio Grande
Rio Grande, here tonight my heart is aching
I've learned time's a gift that keeps on taking
All the love that I had planned
Gone like ripples on the Rio Grande
Rio Grande, O her hair was like a midnight river
I remember how she used to shiver
Makin' love on sheets of sand
In moonlight shadows on the Rio Grande
Soon her dresses started fitting tight
And we'd walk these quiet banks at night
Thinkin' where the stream of life would lead
She was fragile as a desert rose
Sometimes a gentle flower grows
Just to leave the sand another seed
Rio Grande, Rio Grande
Sadness is a current ever flowing
One life came as one was going
Now our son is in my hands
As teardrops rain on the Rio Grande
(instrumental break)
Now our son is in my hands
As teardrops rain on the Rio Grande...