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 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 pain.
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 Christi wind.
Selena, they pray
Selena, they cry…