Yellow Rose Of Santa Fe

I was traveling through the country A golden sunset at my back And when nighttime overtook me I found a place to hang my hat

So I walked in through the front door The smell of cigarettes and paint That's when I first set my eyes on The yellow rose of Santa Fe

She was dancing with no music She was floating in the air And all the while that precious flower Stayed between her strands of hair

I asked if she'd ever been lonely She said I've never been at all So she took me worn and weary And led me drifting down the hall

She read me like the front page And she loved me like a storm Though she fixed me with her cold gaze I've never seen a smile so warm

In the morning she was nowhere As the moon is in the day The only souvenir she left me The yellow rose of Santa Fe

Now I moved on and I got married Had three children with my wife There's not a single day that passes That I'm not happy with my life

But I'm still walking with my shoes off I don't think about her every day But I still carry it with me The yellow rose of Santa Fe

I was traveling through the country The golden sunset in a haze And I can see it in the red sky The yellow rose of Santa Fe I can see it in the red sky The yellow rose of Santa Fe