Marty Robbins - San Angelo lyrics

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North of the border of Old Mexico<br />

I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo<br />

A hot sun was glowing, a hot breeze was blowing<br />

Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss<br />

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She sent a message a long time ago<br />

Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo<br />

I was aware of the chance I was taking<br />

I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl<br />

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I must be with her I can't stay away<br />

Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days<br />

If it means death then I'll have to chance it<br />

Only a few minutes more and she'll be at my side<br />

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At ten o' clock in the morning<br />

I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street<br />

Where was Secora, had she forgotten<br />

This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet<br />

But something is wrong with our plans and I fear death awaits me<br />

Here on this hot dusty street.<br />

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Up on a housetop but still I can see<br />

There hides a man with a rifle, it's pointed at me<br />

I might escape from the man with a rifle<br />

But there are others just like him that I cannot see<br />

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Back of each window the click of a gun<br />

Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run<br />

Where is Secora, will my eyes see her<br />

Then in a moment she runs from a door down the street<br />

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"Up on your horse", she is crying<br />

"Ride out of town it's a trap and they're waiting for you"<br />

But if I ride out, she must ride with me<br />

Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone<br />

For a bullet is well on it's way and it finds my Secora<br />

She cries as she falls in my arms<br />

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Over and over her soft lips did say<br />

"Now we're together, I won't let them take you away"<br />

One little sigh, her little lips tremble<br />

Then it was over, Secora had drifted away<br />

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Tears dim my vision but plainly I see<br />

The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me<br />

I rise to meet him, my one thought it beat him<br />

He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die<br />

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I beat his draw and I shot him<br />

Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets could fly<br />

My gun is empty or more I would shoot him<br />

Now there are others just like him that want me to die<br />

Their bullets are coming my way, how they hurt when they hit me<br />

The pain makes me fall to the ground.<br />

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Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight<br />

I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life<br />

If I must die, let me find Secora<br />

Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left<br />

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Blindly I search and it isn't in vain<br />

I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain<br />

Life is no more but we're together<br />

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