EL PASO

 
OUT IN THE WEST TEXAS TOWN OF EL PASO
 
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MEXICAN GIRL
 
NIGHT TIME WOULD FIND ME IN ROSA'S CANTINA
                                                                           
MUSIC WOULD PLAY AND FELINA WOULD WHIRL
 
BLACK AS THE NIGHT WERE THE EYES OF FELINA
                                                                   
WICKED AND EVIL WHILE  CASTING A SPELL
 
MY LOVE WAS STRONG FOR THIS MEXICAN MAIDEN
                                                                
I WAS IN LOVE BUT IN VAIN I COULD TELL
                                                     
ONE NIGHT A WILD YOUNG COWBOY CAME IN
                          
WILD AS THE WEST TEXAS WIND

DASHING AND DARING  A DRINK HE WAS SHARING
 
WITH WICKED FELINA  THE GIRL THAT I LOVE
 
SO IN ANGER I CHALLENGED HIS RIGHT

FOR THE LOVE OF THIS MAIDEN

DOWN WENT HIS HAND FOR THE GUN THAT HE WORE

MY CHALLENGED WAS ANSWERED IN LESS THAN A HEARTBEAT

THE HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGER LAY DEAD ON THE FLOOR

JUST FOR A MOMENT I STOOD THERE IN SILENCE

SHOCKED BY THE FOUL EVIL DEED I HAD DONE

MANY THOUGHTS RAN THROUGH MY MIND AS I STOOD THERE

I HAD BUT ONE CHANCE  AND THAT WAS TO RUN

OUT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR OF ROSA'S I RAN

OUT WHERE THE HORSES WERE TIED

I PICKED A GOOD ONE HE LOOKED LIKE HE COULD RUN

UP ON HIS BACK AND AWAY I DID RIDE

JUST AS FAST AS I COULD FROM THE

WEST TEXAS TOWN OF EL PASO

OUT THRU' THE BADLANDS OF NEW MEXICO

BACK IN EL PASO MY LIFE WOULD BE WORTHLESS

EVERYTHING'S GONE IN LIFE NOTHING IS LEFT

BUT IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN THE YOUNG MAIDEN

MY LOVE IS STRONGER THAN MY FEAR OF DEATH

I SADDLED UP AND AWAY I DID GO

RIDING ALONE IN THE DARK

MAYBE TOMORROW A BULLET MIGHT FIND ME

TONIGHT NOTHING'S WORSE THAN THIS PAIN IN MY HEART

AND AT LAST HERE I AM ON THE HILL OVERLOOKING EL PASO

I CAN SEE ROSA'S CANTINA BELOW

MY LOVE IS STRONG AND IT PUSHES ME ONWARD

DOWN OF THE HILL TO FELINA I GO

OFF TO MY RIGHT I SEE FIVE MOUNTED COWBOYS

OFF TO MY LEFT RIDE A DOZEN OR MORE

SHOUTING AND SHOOTING I CAN'T LET THEM CATCH ME

I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT TO ROSA'A BACK DOOR

SOMETHING IS DREADFULLY WRONG FOR I FEEL

A DEEP BURNING PAIN IN MY SIDE

IT'S GETTING HARDER TO STAY IN THE SADDLE

I'M GETTING WEARY UNABLE TO RIDE

BUT MY LOVE FOR FELINA IS STRONG AND I RISE WHERE I'VE FALLEN

THOUGH I AM WEARY I CAN'T STOP TO REST

I SEE THE WHITE PUFF OF SMOKE FROM THE RIFLE

I FEEL THE BULLET GO DEEP IN MY CHEST

FROM OUT OF NOWHERE FELINA HAS FOUND ME

KISSING MY CHEEK AS SHE KNEELS BY MY SIDE

CRADLED BY TWO LOVING ARMS THAT I'LL DIE FOR

ONE LITTLE KISS AND FELLINA GOODBYE

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