La Llorona

INTRO - Instrumental
(mmm... wind across the arroyo... dusty border town at dusk)

VERSE 1
Dusty little border town in Texas
Adobe walls and a sleepy mission bell
Arroyo dry in summer, runs deep at midnight
That's where she walks where the cactus fell

PRE-CHORUS
Old ones say don't go out after sundown
Shutter your windows, bolt your door
You hear a woman crying for her children
You never heard that cry before

CHORUS
Better lock your doors at night
You can hear her cry across the arroyo
La Llorona is searching
Her haunted song across the arroyo

VERSE 2
They say she drowned her babies in the river
White dress floating in the black water
God took her soul but left her weeping
Now she calls for son and daughter

VERSE 3
People keep disappearing in that border town
Little footprints leading to the arroyo
One more candle on the shrine at midnight
One more voice joined to the sorrow

BRIDGE
I used to live where the desert meets the sea
Southern California nights so still
I'd swear I saw her white dress flash behind the trees
Even when nothing was there at all
Funny how a child knows when she's near

VERSE 4
Last night I walked down to the arroyo
Moon full over the dusty Texas town
White veil floating just above the water
She turned and looked, tears falling down

FINAL CHORUS - DOUBLE
Better lock your doors at night (lock your doors)
You can hear her cry across the arroyo (across the arroyo)
La Llorona is searching (she's searching)
Her haunted song across the arroyo

OUTRO
(ohhh... ahhh... arroyo... door locking... bell fades)