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North of the border of |
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Old Mexico |
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I rode one day to the cowtown of |
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San Angelo |
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A hot sun was glowing, a warm wind was blowing |
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Still not as warm as the lips that |
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I waited to kiss |
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Cheeks that would blush in red roses to shame |
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Lips that were fresher than flowers when kissed by the rain |
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Dark eyes that sparkled much brighter than diamonds |
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She was a beauty, |
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Socorro was my lovers name |
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I met her down in |
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LoradoEveryone there in this border town called her the ' |
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Rose'Mexican cowboys drank to |
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SocorroEveryone loved her but |
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I was the one that she chose |
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An outlaw above all the rest |
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Now my heart beats so madly |
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Soon she will be at my side |
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She sent a message a long time ago |
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Socorro had promised to meet me at |
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San Angelo |
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I was aware of the chance |
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I was taking |
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I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl |
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I must be with her, |
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I can't stay away |
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Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days |
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If it means death then |
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I'll have to chance it |
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Only a few moments more and she'll be in my arms |
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At ten o' clock in the morning |
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I tied my horse and |
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I started to walk down the street |
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Where was |
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Socorro, had she forgotten |
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This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet |
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But something is wrong with our plans |
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And I fear death awaits me |
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Here on this hot dusty street |
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Up on a housetop but still |
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I can seeThere hides a man with a rifle, it's pointed at me |
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I might escape from the man with a rifle |
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But there are others just like him that |
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I cannot see |
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Back of each window the click of a gun |
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Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run |
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Where is Socorro, will my eyes see her |
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Then in a moment she runs from a door down the street"Up on your horse", she is crying"Ride out of town, it's a trap and they're waiting for you" |
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But if I ride out, she must ride with me |
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Then in a moment |
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I know that our chances are gone |
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For a bullet is well on its way |
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And it finds my |
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SocorroShe dies as she falls in my arms |
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Tears dim my vision but plainly |
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I seeThe ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me |
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I walk to meet him, my one thought is ' |
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Beat him'He deserves death and |
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I swear that this ranger will die |
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I beat his draw and |
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I shot him |
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Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets would fly |
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My gun is empty or more |
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I would shoot him |
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Now there are others just like him that want me to die |
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Their bullets are coming my way |
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How they hurt when they hit me |
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The pain makes me fall to the ground |
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Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight |
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I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life |
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If I must die, let me find |
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SocorroLet me hold on to her hand for the few moments left |
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Blindly I search and it isn't in vain |
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I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain |
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Life is no more but we're together |
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Even in death she's my lover, it's over, goodbye |