Matamoros-Billy Walker

[ti:Matamoros] [ar:Billy Walker] [al:Charlie's Shoes: The Very Best of Billy Walker] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Matamoros - Billy Walker [00:15.87]In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros [00:22.29] [00:23.34]Round a Plaza the couples are walking to music so sweet [00:29.23] [00:30.79]I found my love not too long ago in Matamoros [00:37.23] [00:38.28]But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street [00:44.20] [00:45.69]Oh the promises that she made me with eyes black as midnight [00:51.08] [00:53.21]How could I know how fickle her promise could be [00:58.12] [01:00.71]Now I'm back to find what I feel is mine in Matamoros [01:07.52] [01:08.15]And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me [01:12.44] [01:15.46]Streets are narrow and dark and tequilla runs free in Matamoros [01:20.67] [01:23.11]I stopped for one moment outside of Miguel's swinging door [01:28.91] [01:30.52]My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sounds of Granada [01:36.59] [01:37.92]She once called it our song and vowed should be mine evermore [01:42.63] [01:45.47]Then across the square went this wild young vaquero I see her [01:51.19] [01:52.81]Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair [01:57.81] [02:00.31]They may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros [02:05.39] [02:07.71]For the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share [02:12.85] [02:29.97]Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros [02:35.53] [02:37.24]And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life [02:42.05] [02:44.63]I can still hear her cry "I love you and I'll prove it Manana " [02:50.48] [02:52.04]Then seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife [02:56.86] [02:59.47]I know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos [03:04.00] [03:06.85]Of the raven haired beauty who for her love laid dead on the floor [03:11.76] [03:14.40]They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matamoros [03:21.29] [03:22.00]And wonder what happened for he never returned anymore [03:25.57] [03:27.74]Oh oh hoo