Tony Joe White - Selena lyrics

The evening falls on Padre Island Something is wrong, the birds don't fly They sit quietly in the sand dunes And watch the sky They seem to know someone is missing Even the ocean settles down They've wait patiently since sunrise But she don't come around Selena, they cry Without your smile, none of us can fly Selena, this can't be true It's gonna be a lonely world without you There is no one here on this good earth Who cannot hear the laughter in your song You made us dance when hearts were heavy And our feet were made of stone Time goes by, there is no answer It's hard to think this moment ever came So many bow their heads in silence It don't stop the pain, no Selena, they pray How could something such as this take you away? Selena, you were the one Just when we think it's all over Maybe it's just begun Selena, so full of life You never had a chance to say goodbye But it will be whispered now and then And your name will last forever Riding on the Corpus Cristi wind Selena, they pray Selena, they cry