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Delbert McClinton Lyrics for Song: When Rita Leaves
 Lyrics for Album: Nothing Personal [2001]
 
 
 
 8484>She left a lipstick letter on the mirror
 
 Shattered on the bathroom floor
 
 All I could put back together was,
 
 "Never see me no more"
 
 Took all her clothes, but one red dress
 
 The one she knows I like the best
 
 All I could do was clean up the mess
 
 And wonder where she had gone
 
 
 
 I had a sky blue ragtop Mustang, 1964
 
 She drove it off into the night
 
 'Til it just wouldn't go no more
 
 She caught a ride on into town
 
 Bought some gas and laid the top down
 
 She burned that pony to the ground
 
 On the desert in New Mexico
 
 
 
 Chorus
 
 When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
 
 She gave me every chance a man could want
 
 I've never known a love so strong
 
 Or so crazy when she's been done wrong
 
 When Rita leaves, Rita's gone
 
 
 
 I put a call into her Mamasita back in El Paso
 
 She said she got the story from Rita
 
 On her way to Mexico
 
 Her Mama knew I was takin' it hard
 
 Said she was sorry about my car
 
 She said you're lucky all she broke
 
 Was your heart
 
 You better just let her go
 
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