Clear Isabel

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[Verse 1]
Isabel and her brown skin shined like a sapphire in the summer sun
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The pride and 
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joy of a Mexican lawman who lived by
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 the gun
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He got cross ways with the cartel 
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they shot down his only son Jose
So in 
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fear of his daughter's life he 
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packed their bags and late one night
 she heard him say

[Chorus]
I 
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hear the grass is greener just 
beyond that Laredo border line
They say 
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freedom is much sweeter than sweet 
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blood red sangria wine
South 
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Texas looks like heaven when you're 
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down here in this living hell
So come 
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on let's cross that Rio, the coast 
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is clear Isabel
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The coast is clear Isabel

[Verse 2]
They 
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came across our homestead tired and 
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hungry, cold and moving slow
We had 
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fence to build a warm place to stay 
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and they had nowhere to go
So I worked 
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cattle with her father we were 
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stretching wire and driving post all
 day
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While Isabel worked with my mother 
and late at night I held her tight 
and she'd take my breath away

[Chorus]
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I hear the grass is greener just 
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beyond that Laredo border line
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They say freedom is much sweeter 
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than sweet blood red sangria wine
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South Texas looks like heaven when 
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you're down here in this living hell
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So come on let's cross that Rio, 
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the coast is clear Isabel
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The coast is clear Isabel

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
The sheriff 
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came across her father they treated 
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him like an outlaw on the run
And Isabel now 
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wears my diamond and that little boy
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 she holds is my son
We got a green 
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card for her father Mariano but it 
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came two years too late
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We got word that 
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he'd been gunned down in a border 
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town shot in the back
The last thing they heard him say

[Outro]
I 
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hear the grass is greener just 
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beyond that Laredo border line
And they 
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say that freedom is much sweeter 
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than sweet blood red sangria wine
South 
@G$                                                           @Bm$
Texas looks like heaven when you're 
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down here in this living hell
So come 
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on let's cross that Rio, the coast 
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is clear Isabel
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The coast is clear Isabel
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The coast is clear Isabel
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Clear Isabel
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Clear Isabel