San Angelo Lyrics

The song San Angelo is performed by Marty Robbins in the album named Under Western Skies in the year 1995 .



North of the border of Old Mexico
I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo
A hot sun was glowing, a hot breeze was blowing
Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss

She sent a message a long time ago
Secora had promised to meet me in 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 death then I'll have to chance it
Only a few minutes more and she'll be at my side

At ten o' clock in the morning
I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street
Where was Secora, 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 death 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 and my love for her won't let me run
Where is Secora, 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 Secora
She cries as she falls in my arms

Over and over her soft lips did say
"Now we're together, I won't let them take you away"
one little sigh, her little lips tremble
Then it was over, Secora had drifted away

Tears dim my vision but plainly I see
The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me
I rise to meet him, my one thought it beat him
He deserves death 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 Secora
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 hand and it eases the pain
Life is no more but we're together
Even in death she's my lover, it's over, goodbye



Marty Robbins - Under Western Skies

Oct 1995

  1. Cool Water
  2. In The Valley
  3. Running Gun
  4. The Master's Call
  5. The Little Green Valley
  6. A Hundred And Sixty Acres
  7. Billy The Kid
  8. The Strawberry Roan
  9. They're Hanging Me Tonight
  10. Utah Carol
  11. She Was Young And She Was Pretty
  12. Little Joe, The Wrangler
  13. I've Got No Use For The Women
  14. Billy Venero
  15. This Peaceful Sod
  16. Five Brothers
  17. San Angelo
  18. Jimmy Martinez
  19. Ghost Train
  20. Song Of The Bandit
  21. Wind
  22. Prairie Fire
  23. My Love
  24. The Bend In The River
  25. When The work's All Done This Fall
  26. Abilene Rose
  27. Dusty Winds
  28. Old Red
  29. Doggone Cowboy
  30. Small Man
  31. The Red Hills Of Utah
  32. Tall Handsome Stranger
  33. The Fastest Gun Around
  34. Man Walks Among Us
  35. Johnny Fedavo
  36. The Cowboy In The Continental Suit
  37. I'm Gonna Be A Cowboy
  38. Cry Stampede
  39. Oh, Virginia
  40. Meet Me Tonight In Laredo
  41. Take Me Back To The Prairie
  42. The Wind Goes
  43. An Old Pal, A Real Pal
  44. Feleena (From El Paso)
  45. Never Tie Me Down
  46. Lonely Old Bunkhouse
  47. Night Time On The Desert
  48. Cottonwood Tree
  49. Mister Shorty
  50. When It's Lamplighting Time InThe Valley
  51. Is there Anything Left I Can Say
  52. Waiting In Reno
  53. The Mission In Guadalajara
  54. Love's Gone Away
  55. Bound For Old Mexico
  56. Chapel Bell Chime
  57. Don't Go Away Senor
  58. In The Valley Of The Rio Grande
  59. (The Girl With) Gardenias In Her Hair
  60. Spanish Lullaby
  61. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
  62. Chant Of The Wanderer
  63. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
  64. South Of The Border
  65. Sundown (Ballad Of Bill Thaxton)
  66. Queen Of The Big Rodeo
  67. Ava Maria Morales
  68. The Outlaws
  69. I'm Kin To The Wind
  70. Trail Dreamin'
  71. She's Just A Drifter
  72. Way Out There
  73. The Ballad Of The Small Man
  74. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
  75. Pride And The Badge
  76. All Around Cowboy
  77. Restless Cattle
  78. The Dreamer

San Angelo