Rod Picott - Portales lyrics

North of Portales, above the Caprock plain
She was lookin' out the
Window at the New Mexico rain
I'd found her sleepin' in a haystack
I left her dreaming and I never went back

Hand-woven love songs sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Is all I ever gave to you

She was a woman, she was barely twenty-five
So nice to look at, wild and alive
She was in love, you know
But I could not see
When she'd say her prayers she'd
Say one for me

And I said, hand-woven love songs of sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Was all I ever gave to you

Sometime that winter I heard that old
The high wild wind, cold and alone
She gave me an old ring for my hand
Said, "I know you're leaving
Won't you love me while you can"

Hand-woven love songs of sadness
Is all I sing when I think of you
Morning love, sighs, goodbyes, and madness
Was all I ever gave to you
Was all I ever gave to you