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