INTRO)

when you go down to that Texas town

you're going to find a volcano

hotter than lava when it all comes down

they call her the Flame of Laredo

 

and if you go dancing on Friday night

she's gonna do the Fandango

and deep in the desert there's a blindin' light

they call it the Flame of Laredo

 

round and round she goes

stuck in the rivers that Texas rose

round and round she goes

she is the Flame of Laredo

she is the Flame of Laredo

 

sunrise, fire in her eyes

she never quits and she don't tell lies

some say she'll marry someday

but I pity the fool that tries to take her away

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she never had what you call good luck

she was abandoned in Waco

hitchin' a ride on a pickup truck

she made her way to Laredo

 

dancing in bars since she was sweet sixteen

for dinners and dollars and pesos

don't ever ask her what her dancing means

call her the Flame of Laredo

 

round and round she goes

stuck in the rivers that Texas rose

round and round she goes

she is the Flame of Laredo

she is the Flame of Laredo

 

sunrise, fire in her eyes

she never quits and she don't tell lies

some say she'll marry someday

but I pity the fool that tries to take her away

take her away

 

round and round she goes

stuck in the rivers that Texas rose

round and round she goes

she is the Flame of Laredo

round and round she goes

stuck in the rivers, that Texas Rose

round and round she goes

she is the Flame of Laredo

she is the Flame of Laredo