El Paso [Full-Length Version][*]
Marty Robbins

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me in Rosa's cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl

Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was deep for this Mexican maiden
I was in love, but in vain I could tell

One night a wild young cowboy came in
Wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I loved

So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor

Just for a moment I stood there In silence
Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done
Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there
I had but one chance and that was to run

Out through the back door of Rosa's I ran
Out where the horses were tied
I caught a good one, it looked like it could run
Up on its back and away I did ride
Just as fast as I could from the West Texas town of El Paso
Out to the badlands of New Mexico

Back in El Paso my life would be worthless
Everything's gone, in life nothing is left
It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden
My love is stronger than my fear of death

I saddled up and away I did go
Riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me
Tonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heart
And at last here I am on the hill overlooking El Paso
I can see Rosa's Cantina below
My love is strong and it pushes me onward
Down off the hill to Felina I go

Off to my right I see five mounted cowboys
Off to my left ride a dozen or more
Shouting and shooting, I can't let them catch me
I have to make it to Rosa's back door

Something is dreadfully wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
Though I am trying to stay in the saddle
I'm getting weary, unable to ride

But my love for Felina is strong and I rise where I've fallen
Though I am weary, I can't stop to rest
I see the white puff of smoke from the rifle
I feel the bullet go deep in my chest

From out of nowhere Felina has found me
Kissing my cheek as she kneels by my side
Cradled by two loving arms that I'll die for
One little kiss, then Felina good-bye


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  A House With Everything But Love   A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation   Adios Marquita Linda   Air That I Breathe   Aloha Oe   Am I That Easy to Forget?   Are You Sincere   Ballad of the Alamo [From The Alamo]   Ballad of the Alamo [From the Batjac Production Th...   El Paso [Long Version - Mono]   El Paso [Short Version - Stereo]   Footprints in the Snow [Take 1, False Start][Excer...   Footprints in the Snow [Take 2, Incomplete][Excerp...   Footprints in the Snow [Take 3, Complete]   Good Hearted Woman   Hanging Tree   Hawaiin Wedding Song   It Kinda Reminds Me of Me [Take 1]   It Kinda Reminds Me of Me [Take 2]   Jenny   Kalua   Little Robin   Lonely Too Long   Long Gone Lonesome Blues   Love Me or Leave Me Alone   Many Tears Ago   My Blue Heaven   My Happiness   My Isle of Golden Dreams   My Mother Was a Lady   My Own Native Land   Never Look Back   No One Will Ever Know   Not So Long Ago   Now Is the Hour [Maori Farewell Song]   Pretty Words   Private Wilson White   Rainbow at Midnight   Ride Cowboy Ride   Roving Gambler   Ruby Ann [Chart Version]   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Saddle Tramp [*]   Seconds to Remember   Shackles and Chains [Take 11, Complete]   Shackles and Chains [Take 11, Complete][Excerpt]   Shackles and Chains [Take 6, False Start][Excerpt]   Shackles and Chains [Take 7, False Start][Excerpt]   Shackles and Chains [Take 8, Complete]   Shackles and Chains [Take 9, False Start][Excerpt]   She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) [Reh...   She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) [Tak...   She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) [Tak...   She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) [Tak...   She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) [Tak...   Sing Me Something Sentimental   South of the Border   Story of My Life   Teardrops in My Heart   That Old Feeling   That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine   The Air That I Breathe   The Ballad of the Alamo   The Hanging Tree [*]   The Last Letter   The Moonland   The My Isle of Golden Dreams   The Nearness of You   The Roving Gambler   The Story of My Life [Take 2, Complete]   The Story of My Life [Take 3, Complete]   The Story of My Life [Take2-False Start][Excerpt]   The Streets of Laredo   The Wreck of the Number Nine   This Peaceful Sod   Three Little Words   Time Goes By   Too Far Gone   Try a Little Tenderness   Wedding Bells [Take 1, Complete]   Wedding Bells [Take 1, False Start][Excerpt]   Wedding Bells [Take 2, False Start][Excerpt]   Wedding Bells [Take 2, Incomplete][Excerpt]   Wedding Bells [Take 3, False Start][Excerpt]   Wedding Bells [Take 3, False Start][Excerpt]   Wedding Bells [Take 4, Complete]   Wedding Bells [Take 4, Complete]   Wedding Bells [Take 5, Complete]

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