Karaoké When Rita Leaves Delbert McClinton

She left a lipstick letter on the mirror shattered on the bathroom floor

All I could put back together was

Never see me no more

Took all her clothes but one red dress

The one she knows I like the best

All I could do was clean up the mess and wonder where she had gone

I had a sky-blue rag top Mustang

A nineteen sixty-four

She drove it off into the night 'till it just wouldn't go no more

She caught a ride on into town

Bought some gas and laid the top down

Then she burned that pony to the ground on the desert in new Mexico

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone

She gave me every chance a man could want

I've never known a love so strong or so crazy when she's been done wrong

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone

I put a call into her mamacita back in El Paso

She said she got the story from Rita on her way to Mexico

Her mama knew

I was takin' it hard

Said she was sorry about my car

She said You're lucky all she broke was your heart

You better just let her go

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone

She gave me every chance a man could want

I've never known a love so strong or so crazy when she's been done wrong

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone

She never gave me a chance to explain

Hell I guess it doesn't much matter now anyway

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone

When Rita leaves

Rita's gone