I'll Be Your San Antone Rose

Emmylou Harris · Luxury Liner [Rhino Records] [2004]

(Susanna Clark)



If they'll play another love song

If that Miller Highlife sign stays dim

If you keep this glass full of whiskey

I'll whisper words I wish I'd said to him.



Just ask me to dance all the slow ones

Hold me close and take me cross the floor

I'll gently lay my head on your shoulder

And pretend this never happened before.



I don't want to hear a sad story

We both already know how it goes

So if tonight you'll be my tall dark stranger

I'll be your San Antonio Rose.



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I wish I could tell you I love you

And I wish that he weren't always on my mind

If wishes were fast trains to Texas

Oh, I'd ride and I'd ride, how I'd ride.



I don't want to hear a sad story

We both already know how it goes

So if tonight you'll be my tall dark stranger

I'll be your San Antonio Rose.



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I'll be your San Antonio Rose...