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In Lonesome Dove Lyrics
She was a girl on a wagon train
Headed west across the plains
The train got lost in a summer storm
They couldn't move west and they couldn't go home
Then she saw him ridin' through the rain
He took charge of the wagons and he saved the train
And 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 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.
(chorus)
Back to back with the Rio Grande
A Christian woman 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, Lonesome Dove.
She watched her boy grow into a man
He had an angel's heart and the devil's hand
He wore his star for all to see
He was a Texas lawman legacy
Then one day word blew into town
It seemed the men that shot his father down
Had robbed a bank in Cherico
The only thing 'tween 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
But legend tells to this very day
(legend tells to this very day)
That shots were comin' from an alleyway
Though no one knows who held the gun
There ain't no doubt if you ask someone
In Lonesome Dove.
*chorus*
Headed west across the plains
The train got lost in a summer storm
They couldn't move west and they couldn't go home
Then she saw him ridin' through the rain
He took charge of the wagons and he saved the train
And she looked down and her heart was gone
The train went west but she stayed on
In Lonesome Dove.
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 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
A Christian woman 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, Lonesome Dove.
He had an angel's heart and the devil's hand
He wore his star for all to see
He was a Texas lawman legacy
Then one day word blew into town
It seemed the men that shot his father down
Had robbed a bank in Cherico
The only thing 'tween them and Mexico
Was Lonesome Dove.
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
But legend tells to this very day
(legend tells to this very day)
That shots were comin' from an alleyway
Though no one knows who held the gun
There ain't no doubt if you ask someone
In Lonesome Dove.
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Submitted by
butneveroutgunned On May 11, 2006
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So is the song implying that the woman was shooting from the alley, or is it saying that the ghost of his father was shooting?
His mother was the one that shot the men. The song is about the woman and her strength. It would make little sense to switch the "main character" of the song from the woman/mother to a ghost of the father. Just like all the other things she did(staying behind in the west, raising her son alone, etc), she shows her strength and kills the men that killed her husband, and had the potential to kill her son.
His mother was the one that shot the men. The song is about the woman and her strength. It would make little sense to switch the "main character" of the song from the woman/mother to a ghost of the father. Just like all the other things she did(staying behind in the west, raising her son alone, etc), she shows her strength and kills the men that killed her husband, and had the potential to kill her son.
This song is great, I love the story.
I think the meaning is very straight forward. It is about a woman who was traveling on a wagon train and met a ranger who helped them, everyone else went on but she stayed behind with him. She marries him and they have a son.
One day the husband is killed and the woman is left to raise their son in the harsh land. The son eventually grows up to be a ranger lie his father.
The son catches word that the men that killed his father and going to pass through Lonesome dove to enter Mexico. He stand against them and kills them.
However, there is a legend that gun shots came from an alley way, helping to kill the men. There is no doubt who shot the gun if you asked the people that lived in Lonesome Dove. It is obvious that his mother did not want to lose another family member to these men, so she shot them from the alley.
How has this song not been commented? The one time Garth stays true and writes a traditional country ghost song, people ignore it? This is such an amazing song though....
definately one of my favorites of his.
@BEATINGxHEARTxBABY why is it not your favorite song of his
@BEATINGxHEARTxBABY why is it not your favorite song of his
His father's ghost helped his son kill the outlaws. he came back to help his son. Texas Rangers are definitly people you do NOT want to screw with. they were the toughest police force in US history.
what an amazing song! truly and greatly! =)
Orion510 is dead on
This song is a tear jerker. :| Beautiful though.