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