She wakes up in her bed it's not yet morning
She thinks in another two weeks he'll be here
She knows the danger is real
But can't help from going
Love is doubly strong when mixed with fear

He rides along an el paso hillside
His love awaits at the white lake of mexico
Knowing all too well she's another man's property
But love is doubly strong when it goes to war

From cities of the plain
Two souls ascend angels singing
You gotta help me now
Without you I'm lost somehow
You gotta help me now

Friends say he's going south for no good reason
Looking for something that has no name
Something lost to them

Headed down the highway to cross the border
While she takes a cab to her final resting place
By the time he finds her on a metal table
The river's done washing all her blood away
From cities of the plain

You gotta help me now
Whithout you I'm lost somehow
You gotta help me now

Friends say he went south for no good reason
Bad things still happen everyday
That don't mean we'll ever stop looking
For something that has no name
In cities of the plain