[Intro]
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[Verse]
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In a dusty little Mexican town down on the border
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Never expecting my heart to cross over the line
D A
He rode into the square like he lived as wild as his stallion
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And his warm dark eyes burned down down into mine
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Somewhere under the stars a lonely guitar was playing
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It was the closest I'd come to paradise
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And the world stood still for us there in the shadows
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Until he whispered to me the words of goodbye
[Chorus]
D A
On Diablo he circled the mission of life
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Then rode like a bandit stealing the night
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Dawn was breaking and I ached to touch him again
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But I knew that to have him I might as well saddle the wind
[Verse]
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The wind blows cold through my soul back home in Austin
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Off in the distance somewhere a mission bell rings
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Filling my mind with thoughts of that Mexican rider
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Tonight I'll have him only in my dreams
[Chorus]
D A
On Diablo he circled the mission of life
E A
Then rode like a bandit stealing the night
D A
Dawn was breaking and I ached to touch him again
E A
But I knew that to have him I might as well saddle the wind