John Zipperer

Lyrics

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 knew 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 nineteen sixty four
She drove it off into the night ‘till it just wouldn’t go no more
She caught a ride into town bought some gas and laid the top down
Then she burned that pony to the ground on the dessert in New Mexico

When Rita leaves Rita’s gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I never knew a love so strong or so crazy when she’s been done wrong
When Rita leaves Rita’s gone


I put a call in to her mama Sita 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
But I was lucky all she broke was my heart better just let her go

When Rita leaves Rita’s gone
She gave me every chance a man could want
I never knew a love so strong or so crazy when she’s been done wrong
When Rita leaves Rita’s gone