San Angelo-Marty Robbins

[ti:San Angelo] [ar:Marty Robbins] [al:Return of the Gunfighter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]San Angelo - Marty Robbins [00:07.42]North of the border of Old Mexico [00:10.66]I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo [00:16.47] [00:17.59]A hot sun was glowing a warm wind was blowing [00:20.71]Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss [00:26.07] [00:27.69]Cheeks that would blush in red roses to shame [00:30.95]Lips that were fresher than flowers when kissed by the rain [00:37.19] [00:37.81]Dark eyes that sparkled much brighter than diamonds [00:41.00]She was a beauty Socorro was my lovers name [00:46.51] [00:48.01]I met her down in Lorado [00:50.88] [00:51.44]Everyone there in this border town called her the 'Rose' [00:57.62] [00:58.25]Mexican cowboys drank to Socorro [01:01.74]Everyone loved her but I was the one that she chose [01:06.92]An outlaw above all the rest [01:08.96]Now my heart beats so madly [01:14.26] [01:15.25]Soon she will be at my side [01:21.50] [01:22.14]She sent a message a long time ago [01:25.33]Socorro had promised to meet me at San Angelo [01:31.27] [01:32.21]I was aware of the chance I was taking [01:35.51]I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl [01:40.93] [01:42.24]I must be with her I can't stay away [01:45.54]Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days [01:51.67] [01:52.36]If it means death then I'll have to chance it [01:55.65]Only a few moments more and she'll be in my arms [02:01.39] [02:02.58]At ten o' clock in the morning [02:05.45] [02:06.01]I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street [02:12.84]Where was Socorro had she forgotten [02:15.95]This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet [02:21.15]But something is wrong with our plans [02:23.90]And I fear death awaits me [02:28.93] [02:29.48]Here on this hot dusty street [02:35.59] [02:36.52]Up on a housetop but still I can see [02:39.70]There hides a man with a rifle it's pointed at me [02:45.54] [02:46.43]I might escape from the man with a rifle [02:49.73]But there are others just like him that I cannot see [02:54.91] [02:56.54]Back of each window the click of a gun [02:59.78]Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run [03:06.08] [03:06.64]Where is Socorro will my eyes see her [03:10.02]Then in a moment she runs from a door down the street [03:15.53] [03:16.90]"Up on your horse" she is crying [03:20.26]"Ride out of town it's a trap and they're waiting for you" [03:26.49] [03:27.12]But if I ride out she must ride with me [03:30.64]Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone [03:35.37]For a bullet is well on its way [03:38.69]And it finds my Socorro [03:43.05] [03:43.87]She dies as she falls in my arms [03:50.22] [03:51.03]Tears dim my vision but plainly I see [03:54.20]The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me [04:00.63] [04:01.14]I walk to meet him my one thought is 'Beat him' [04:04.32]He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die [04:10.26] [04:11.07]I beat his draw and I shot him [04:14.44]Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets would fly [04:21.38]My gun is empty or more I would shoot him [04:24.82]Now there are others just like him that want me to die [04:29.62]Their bullets are coming my way [04:32.68]How they hurt when they hit me [04:37.36] [04:38.04]The pain makes me fall to the ground [04:44.53] [04:45.22]Gone is my strength just the will left to fight [04:48.47]I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life [04:54.34] [04:55.14]If I must die let me find Socorro [04:58.57]Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left [05:04.05] [05:05.35]Blindly I search and it isn't in vain [05:08.85]I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain [05:15.59]Life is no more but we're together [05:18.85]Even in death she's my lover it's over goodbye