Los Lobos - The Lady And The Rose lyrics

On the barren slopes of a thousand hopes Where a warm wind blows To a place where I could rest my bones All my life I've worked the earth For what it's worth Sun and dirt is all I've ever known Gone this way so many times To make the climb In the way I always do and will But this day I heard a sound As I looked around And there she was standing on the hill Blue, the color of her flowing dress She touched my head with a hand to bless I stood as if my legs had turned to stone Brown, the color of her skin like mine Said in a voice all too divine "From this day, son, you'll never be alone" The sweetest music filled the air Gone were all my cares Felt like I was walking in a dream Said pick the roses from around her feet Like I had never seen "Take them down to all who don't believe" Blue, the color of her flowing dress She touched my head with a hand to bless I stood as if I my legs had turned to stone Brown, the color of her skin like mine Said in a voice all too divine "From this day, son, you'll never be alone"