Rosary - Louis Johnson

Well I met her in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

And she was kneeling at a cross about to pray

And I overheard each word she was praying

And I fell in love with Rosary that way

Each day at sundown I cross the border down to Juarez Mexico

In some dark alley, a federale sells me just what I need so

He calls it chiva, I call it medicine, to take away the pain

That’s been in my heart since she left me like a sparrow in the rain

And I never thought she’d ever want to leave me

But each night I played my music in those bars

And all alone she’d pray and light another candle

While her young soft heart grew hard from all the scars

Each day at sundown I cross the border down to Juarez Mexico

In some dark alley, a federale sells me just what I need so

He calls it heroin, I call it medicine, to take away the pain

That’s been in my heart since she left me like a sparrow in the rain

She says there’s nothin' that I can do to be forgiven

And that I lied and her love is not for me

Well I’ll admit there were so many other women

But my heart cries out, «te quiro, Rosary»

Each day at sundown I cross the border down to Juarez Mexico