Joe Ely - Leo and Leona Lyrics

a little man named Leo headed for Laredo
he left Saltillo on the Day of the Dead
hauling down the hillside rolling down the roadside
right by his side rode a lady in red
he left two pigs named Slander and Libel
she left a pet rock and a snow white dove
he faced the music with a Bullet and a Bible
and the testimony of a man in love

he hated church bells and the high rise hotels
the portfolios of the business man
he had a mouth full of bad teeth and his smile was crazy
childhood polio had settled in his hand

you can change your tune and you can change directions
you can change your mind...you can change your heart
you can change your feelings and your affections
but a circle of love...is a work of art

they took the back roads out to Terlingua
spent a stormy night in four adobe walls
he placed the ring there on her finger
said I'll marry you some day when the spirit calls

she lost that gold ring the next summer at a Juarez bull fight
screamin ole! ole! on the sunny side
but she hid her eyes when the mules dragged the bull away
and Leo held Leona when she cried

then they drove all night down a Texas highway
they saw the sun come up on El Capitan
Leona leaned over...with her ring finger
drew a perfect circle there in the desert sand

then they kissed each other down in Carlsbad Caverns
when they stopped the tour and turned out the lights
you could have heard a pin drop...you could have heard the wind stop
you could have heard her whisper...Leo I think I see the light

you can change your tune and you can change directions
you can change your mind...you can change your heart
you can change your feelings and your affections
but a circle in the sand...is a work of art

back in Juarez out by the bull ring
a little beggar boy sat sifting through the sand
he found a peso and ten centavos
and good God...he found Leona's little golden band

you can change your tune and you can change directions
you can change your mind...you can change your heart
you can change your feelings and your affections
but a circle of love...is a work of art