The Ballad of San Angelo

Ain't it funny how some things are forgotten Right after they slip out of view While others will be there forever The moment they happen to you Her black hair was shining like satin Her smile like the hot Texas sun And it didn't take long that San Angelo night To know that she was the one in San Angelo San Angelo She sits in my brain like a sad old refrain San Angelo That spring heated up into summer And I finally met her mama and pa Nothin' meant more than family to her And I guess they didn't like what they saw She said they had lived there forever Knew everybody in town And I was just here in the air force Who knows how long I'd be around in San Angelo San Angelo Though it's been years I can still feel the tears In San Angelo I try not to think of that heartbreak But last night on the 6 o'clock news A local mom had been killed by a car While running on Rice Avenue And to me she didn't even look older In that photo of her family A daughter who looked like her husband And a son who looked exactly like me San Angelo San Angelo She burns in my brain til I cant stand the pain From San Angelo San Angelo San Angelo Though yesterday's gone love goes on and on In San Angelo