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