Marty Robbins - El Paso City Lyrics
From thirty thousand feet aboveThe desert floor, I see it there belowA city with a legend -The west Texas city of El PasoWhere long ago I heard a songAbout a Texas cowboy and a girlAnd a little place called Rosa'sWhere he used to go and watch this beauty whirl.I don't recall who sang the songBut I recall the story that I heardAnd as I look down on the city,I remember each and ev'ry wordThe singer sang about a jealous cowboyAnd the way he used a gunTo kill another cowboyThen he had to leave El Paso on the run.El Paso City, by the Rio GrandeThe cowboy lived and rode awayBut love was strong he couldn't stayHe rode back just to die in that El Paso sandEl Paso City, by the Rio GrandeI try not to let you cross my mindBut still I find there's just a mysteryIn the song that I don't understand.My mind is down there somewhereAs I fly above the badlands of New MexicoI can't explain why I should knowThe very trail he rode back to El PasoCan it be that man can disappearFrom life and live another timeAnd does the mystery deepen 'cause you thinkThat you yourself lived in that other time.Somewhere in my deepest thoughtsFamilar scenes and memories unfoldThese wild and unexplained emotionsThat I've had so long but I have never toldLike every time I fly up thru the heavensAnd I see you there belowI get the feeling sometimeIn another world I lived in El Paso.El Paso City, by the Rio GrandeCould it be that I could beThe cowboy in this mysteryThat died there in that desert sand so long agoEl Paso City, by the Rio GrandeA voice tells me to go and seeAnother voice keeps tellin' meMaybe death awaits me in El Paso
