Out in the Wes

        
t Texas town o

f El Paso
            
I fell in love

              
 with a Mexica

  
n girl.
             
Nighttime woul

             
d find me in R


osa's Cantina,
            
Music would pl

              
ay and Feleena

       
 would whirl.

             
Blacker than n

              
ight were the 


eyes of Feleen

a,
            
Wicked and evi

              
l while castin

    
g a spell.
             
My love was de

            
ep for this Me

xican maiden,
            
I was in love,

              
 but in vain I

            
 could tell.

             
One night a wi

              
ld young cowbo

       
y came in,
             
Wild as the We

           
st Texas wind.

Dashing and da

ring, a drink 

he was sharing

,
            
With wicked Fe

              
leena, the gir

         
l that I love.
      
So in anger

             
I challenged h

              
is right for t

   
he love of thi

s maiden;
            
Down went his 

              
hand for the g

           
un that he wor

e.
             
My challenge w

              
as answered, i

  
n less than a 

heartbeat
            
The handsome y

              
oung stranger 

              
lay dead on th

         
e floor.

             
Just for a mom

      
ent I stood th

ere in silence

,
            
Shocked by the

              
 foul evil dee

        
d I had done.
             
Many thoughts 

              
raced through 

   
my mind as I s

tood there;
            
I had but one 

              
chance and tha

            
t was to run.

             
Out through th

              
e back door of

          
 Rosa's I ran,
             
Out where the 

             
horses were ti

 
ed.

I caught a goo

d one; it look

ed like it cou

ld run,
            
Up on its back

              
 and away I di

  
d ride.
        
Just as fast a

s I

             
could from the

            
 West Texas to

wn of El Paso,
            
Out to the bad

              
lands of New M

   
exico.
             
Back in El Pas

     
o my life woul

d be worthless

;
            
Everything's g

              
one in life, n

          
othing is left

.

             
It's been so l

              
ong since I've

 
 seen the youn

g maiden,
            
My love is str

              
onger than my 

              
fear of death.

             
I saddled up a

     
nd away I did 

go,
             
Riding alone i

        
n the dark.

Maybe tomorrow

 a bullet may 

find me,
            
Tonight nothin

              
g's worse than

              
 this pain in 

   
my heart.
       
And at last he

re

             
I am on the hi

       
ll overlooking

 El Paso,
            
I can see Rosa

             
's Cantina bel

ow.
             
My love is str

           
ong and it pus

hes me onward,
            
Down off the h

              
ill to Feleena

   
 I go.

             
Off to my righ

        
t I see five m

ounted cowboys

,
            
Off to my left

              
 ride a dozen 

    
and more.
             
Shouting and s

           
hooting; I can

't let them ca

tch me,
            
I have to make

              
 it to Rosa's 

         
back door.

             
Something is d

          
readfully wron

g for I feel
             
A deep burning

             
 pain in my si

 
de.

Though I am tr

ying to stay i

n the saddle.
            
I'm getting we

              
ary, unable to

 
 ride.
       
But my love fo

r

             
Feleena is str

          
ong and I rise

 where I've fa

llen;
            
Though I am we

              
ary, I can't s

       
top to rest.
             
I see the whit

          
e puff of smok

e from the rif

le,
            
I feel the bul

              
let go deep in

    
 my chest.

             
From out of no

         
where, Feleena

 has found me,
            
Kissing my che

              
ek as she knee

         
ls by my side.
             
Cradled by two

        
 loving arms t

hat I'll die f

or,
            
One little kis

              
s and Feleena 

    
goodbye.