by Charlie Robison
i loved a girl
she lived out in Pecos
pretty as she could be
and i worked the rigs
on out in Odessa
to give her whatever she needs
but that girl she runs
with an oil company bum
'cause a diamond was not on her hand
but he left her soon
'neath the big Loving moon
to go out and x-ray the land
now i sit in my car
at the new rainbow bar
downtown
and the frost on the windshield
shines towards the sky
like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County
well i walked in that bar
and i drank myself crazy
thinkin' about her and that man
when in walked a woman
lookin' richer than sin
and ten years worth of work on her hand
well i followed her home
and when she was alone
i put my gun to her head
and i don't recall
what happened next at all
but now that rich woman she's dead
now i drive down the highway
ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
and the moon is so bright
it don't look like night
and the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
well she opened that door
and i knelt on the floor
and i put that ring in her hand
and she said i do
and she'd leave with me soon
to the rigs out in south Alabam'
well i told her to hide
that ring there inside
and wait till the timin' was good
and i drove back home
and i was alone
cause i thought that she understood
the next night an old friend
just called me to wish us both well
said he'd seen her downtown
sashay'n around
and her diamond how it sparkled in the lights of Loving County
well that sheriff he found
me out wonder'n all around
el paso the very next day
you see i'd lost my mind
on that broken white line
before i even reached Balmaray
now she's in ft. worth
and she's just givin' birth
to the son of that oil company man
and they buried that sheriffs poor old dead wife
with the ring that i stole on her hand
sometimes they let me
look up at that east Texas sky
and the rain on the pines
oh lord how it shines
like my darlin's little diamond in the lights of Loving County
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