verse 1
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North of the border of Old Mexico
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I rode one day to the cow town of San Angelo
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A hot sun was glowing a warm wind was blowing
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Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss
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Cheeks that put blushing red roses to shame
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Lips that were fresher than flowers when kissed by the rain
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Dark eyes that sparkled much brighter than diamonds
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She was a beauty Secora was my lover's name
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I met her down in Laredo
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Everyone there in this border town called her The Rose
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Mexican cowboys drank to Secora
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Everyone loved her but I was the one that she chose
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An outlaw above all the rest now my heart beats so madly
D7 G
Soon she will be at my side
verse 2
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She sent a message a long time ago
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Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo
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I was aware of the chance I was taking
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I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl
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I must be with her I can't stay away
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Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days
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If it means death then I'll have to chance it
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Only a few moments more and she'll be in my arms
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At ten o'clock in the morning
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I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street
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Where was Secora had she forgotten
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This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet
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But something is wrong with our plans and I fear death awaits me
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Here on this hot dusty street
verse 3
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Up on a housetop but still I can see
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There hides a man with the rifle it's pointed at me
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I might escape from the man with the rifle
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But there are others just like him that I cannot see
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Back of each window the click of a gun
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Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run
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Where is Secora will my eyes see her
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Then in a moment she runs from her door down the street
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Up on your horse she is crying
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Ride out of town it's a trap and they're waiting for you
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But if I ride out she must ride with me
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Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone
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For a bullet is well on its way and it finds my Secora
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She dies as she falls in my arms
verse 4
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Tears dim my vision but plainly I see
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The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me
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I walk to meet him my one thought is beat him
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He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die
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I beat his draw and I shot him
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Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets would fly
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My gun is empty or more I would shoot him
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Now there are others just like him that want me to die
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Their bullets are coming my way how they hurt when they hit me
D7 G
The pain makes me fall to the ground
Verse 5
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Gone is my strength just the will left to fight
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I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life
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If I must die let me find Secora
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Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left
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Blindly I search and it isn't in vain
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I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain
D7
Life is no more but we're together
D7 G
Even in death she's my lover it's over goodbye