Out in the Wes

            
t Texas town o

            
f El Paso I fe

              
ll in love wit

            
h a Mexican gi

rl.
             
Nighttime woul

             
d find me in R


osa's Cantina,
            
Music would pl

              
ay and Feleena

               
 would whirl.
             
Black as the n

              
ight were the 


eyes of Feleen

a,
            
Wicked and evi

              
l while castin

           
g a spell.
             
My love was st

              
rong for this 


Mexican maiden

,
            
I was in love,

              
 but in vain I

              
 could tell.
             
One night a wi

            
ld young cowbo

             
y came in, wil

            
d as the West 

      
Texas wind...

Dashing and da

ring, a drink 

he was sharing

,
              
With wicked Fe

              
leena, the gir

         
l that I love.
           
So in an - ger

             
 I challenged 

              
his right for 

            
the love of th

   
is 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 

              
ran through my

 
 mind as I sto

od there;
             
I had but one 

              
chance and tha

         
t was to run.
             
Out through th

              
e back door of

           
 Rose's I ran,

              
 out where the

           
 horses were t


ied...

I picked a goo

d one; he look

ed like he cou

ld run,
              
Up on his back

              
 and away I di

  
d ride.
             
Just as fast a

              
s I could from

     
 the West Texa

s town of El P

aso,
             
Out thru the b

              
adlands of New

     
 Mexico.
              
Back in El Pas

     
o my life woul

d be worthless

;
             
Everything's g

              
one in life, n

          
othing is left

.
             
But it's been 

              
so long since 

     
I've seen the 

young maiden,
             
My love is str

              
onger that my 

        
fear of death.
             
I saddled up a

            
nd away I did 

           
go, riding alo

          
ne in the dark

...

Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me,
              
Tonight nothin

              
g's worse than

              
 this pain in 

   
my heart.
             
And as last he

              
re I am on the

            
 hill overlook

ing El Paso,
             
I can see Rose

           
's Cantina bel

ow.
              
My love is str

            
ong and it pus

              
hes me onward,

             
 down off the 

              
hill to Feleen

    
a I go.
             
Off to my righ

        
t I see five m

ounted cowboys

,
             
Off to my left

              
 ride a dozen 

   
or more.
             
shouting and s

         
hooting; I can

't let them ca

tch me,
             
I've got to ma

              
ke it to Rose'

       
s back door.
             
Something is d

            
readfully wron

             
g for I feel a

              
 deep burning 

         
pain in my sid

e...

It's getting harder to stay in the saddle.
              
I'm getting we

              
ary, unable to

 
 ride.
             
But my love fo

              
r Feleena is s

            
trong and I ri

se where I've 

fallen;
             
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.