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