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 hot breeze was blowing

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

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 a 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 cries as she falls in my arms

Over and over her soft lips did say

"Now we're together, I won't let them take you away"

One little sigh, her little lips tremble

Then it was over, Secora had drifted away

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