Don Edwards - San Angelo lyrics

North of the border of Old Mexico I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo The hot sun was glowing, the hot wind was blowing Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss She sent a message a long time ago Socorro had promised to meet me at 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 d**h then I'll have to chance it Only a few moments more and she'll be by my side At ten o'clock in the morning I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street Where was Socorro, 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 d**h 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 but my love for her won't let me run Where is Socorro, 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 Socorro She cries as she falls in my arms Over and over her soft lips did say Now that we're together I won't let them take you away One little sigh, her little lips tremble And it was over Socorro had drifted away Tears dim my vision but plainly I see The ranger that k**ed her is standing there waiting for me I rise to meet him, my one thought is 'Beat him' He deserves d**h and I swear that this ranger will die I beat his draw and I shot him Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets could fly My gun is empty or more I would shoot him Now there are others just like him that want me to die Their bullets are coming my way How they hurt when they hit me The pain makes me fall to the ground Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life If I must die, let me find Socorro Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left Blindly I search and it isn't in vain I touch the soft velvet hands and it eases the pain Life is no more but we're together Even in d**h she's my lover, it's over, goodbye