Marty Robbins – San Angelo

North of the border of Old Mexico

I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo

A hot sun was glowing, a warm breeze was blowing

Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss

Cheeks that would put blushing roses to shame

Lips that would bloom like flowers kissed when by the rain

Dark eyes that sparkled much brighter than diamonds

She was a beauty, Secora was my lovers name.

I met her down in Loredo

every one down in that border town called her the rose

Mexican cowboys danced with Secora,

Every one loved her but I was the one that she chose

An outlaw above all the rest, now my heard beats so madly

Soon she will be at my side

She sent a message a long time ago

Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo

I was aware of the chance I was taking

I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl

I must be with her I can’t stay away

Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days

If it means death then I’ll have to chance it

Only a few minutes more and she’ll be at my side

At ten o’ clock in the morning

I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street

Where was Secora, had she forgotten

This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet

But something is wrong with our plans and I fear death awaits me

Here on this hot dusty street.

Up on a housetop but still I can see

There hides a man with a rifle, it’s pointed at me

I might escape from the man with the rifle

But there are others just like him that I cannot see

Back of each window the click of a gun

Die if I stay and my love for her won’t let me run

Where is Secora, will my eyes see her

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”

But if I ride out, she must ride with me

Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone

For a bullet is well on its way and it finds my Secora

She dies as she falls in my arms

Tears dim my vision but plainly I see

The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me

I rise to meet him, my one thought it beat him

He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die

I beat his draw and I shot him

Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets would fly

My gun is empty or more I would shoot him

Now there are others just like him that want me to die

Their bullets are coming my way, how they hurt when they hit me

The pain makes me fall to the ground.

Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight

I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life

If I must die, let me find Socorro

Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left

Blindly I search and it isn’t in vain

I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain

Life is no more but we’re together

Even in death she’s my lover, it’s over, goodbye