Out in New Mexico, many long ago There in a shack on the desert, one night in a Amid of lightnin' and loud desert thunder To a Mexican couple, a baby was born
as the baby cried, thunder and lightnin' died Moon gave light to the world and the stars did the same and father, both proud of the daughter That Heaven had sent them, Feleena was this name
When she was seventeen, bothered by dreams She ran away the shack and left them to roam and mother, both asked one another What made her run away, made Feleena leave home
Tired of the desert nights, fatherly grieved to She ran away one night in the moon's golden gleam She didn't know where she'd go but get there And she would happiness if she would follow her dream
she ran away, she went to Santa Fe And in the year that she stayed there, she learned about In just a while she learned that with a smile She could have pretty clothes, she could be any wife
men romanced her, they dined and they danced her She understood men and she treated them all the same A form that was fine and rare, shining glossy hair Lovely to at, Feleena was this woman's name
Restless in Santa Fe, she had to get To any town where the lights had a much brighter One cowboy mentioned the of El Paso They never stopped dancin' and money like whiskey would
She bought one way a from Santa Fe Three and nights on a stage with a rest now and then She didn't mind that she knew she would find Her new life would be exciting than where she had been
The stage made it's last stop, up on the mountain top To let her see all the at the foot of the hill Her world was brighter and deep inside her An beating her young heart just wouldn't be still
She got a room at the Lily Belle she changed to a form fitting black satin dress Every man stopped to stare, at this fine and rare the women remarked of the charm she possessed
Dancin' and laughter, was she was after And Rosa's had lights with love in the gleam That's what she and that's what she wanted was one place, a nice girl would never be seen
It was the same way, it was in Santa Fe Men would make fools of themselves at the of romance Rosa took heed of the was in need of This kind of excitement, so she Feleena to dance
A year passed and maybe more and through the swingin' doors Came a cowboy so tall and so handsomely dressed This one was new in town, hadn't been seen He was so different, he like all of the rest
Feleena danced close to him, threw a rose to him Quickly he to her table and there he sat down And in a day or so, wherever would go They'd see this cowboy, showin' Feleena the town
Six weeks he went her, each minute spent with her But he was insanely of glances she'd give he was a hurtin', from all of her flirtin' That was her nature and that was the way that she
She flirted one night, it started a gun And after the smoke cleared on the floor lay a man young lover had shot down another And he had to leave there, so out the back door he ran
The day at five o'clock, she heart a rifle shot Quickly she ran to the door that was facin' the She saw her cowboy, her wild cowboy Low in the saddle, her cowboy was ridin' in
She ran to him to kiss and to greet him He saw her and motioned her back a wave of his hand Bullets were flyin', Feleena was As she saw him fall from the saddle and into the
Feleena knelt near him to and to hear him When she felt the blood that flowed from the wound in his side He raised to kiss her and she him whisper "Never forget me, Feleena over, goodbye"
Quickly she grabbed for the six gun he wore And screamin' in anger and the gun to her breast us both deep and maybe we'll find peace And pullin' the trigger, she fell 'cross the cowboy's chest
Out in El Paso, whenever the wind If you listen at night, you'll hear in the wind A is cryin', it's not the wind sighin' Old timer's tell you, Feleena is for him
You'll hear them talkin' and you'll them walkin' hear them laugh and you'll look but there's no one around Don't be alarmed, there is no harm there only the young cowboy, showin' Feleena the town