Grateful Dead - El Paso - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77 Lyrics
Grateful Dead El Paso - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77

El Paso - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77

Grateful Dead


Lyrics El Paso - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77 - Grateful Dead




Out in the west Texas town of El Paso
I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me at Rosa's Cantina
Music would play and Felina would whirl
Black as the night were the eyes of Felina
Wicked and evil while casting a spell
My love was strong for this Mexiacn maiden
I was in love, but in vain, I could tell
One night a wily 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 heart of the 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 at 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 picked a good one, it looked like he could run
Up on his back and away I did ride
Just as fast as I
Could from the west Texas town of El Paso
Out through 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
But anything's worth this pain in my heart
Now 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've got to make it to Rosa's back door
Suddenly something is wrong, for I feel
A deep burning pain in my side
It's getting harder 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 and Felina
Good
Bye



Writer(s): Marty Robbins


Grateful Dead - It Must Have Been the Roses
Album It Must Have Been the Roses
date of release
12-02-2024

1 Scarlet Begonias
2 They Love Each Other - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77
3 The Stranger [Two Souls In Communion] [Live at Academy Of Music, New York, NY, March 28, 1972]
4 Katie Mae - Live at The Filmore East, New York City, NY, 5/15/70
5 She's Mine - Live at The Filmore East, New York City, NY, 5/15/70
6 Hurts Me Too (Live At Academy of Music, New York, NY, March 25, 1972)
7 I'm a Hog for You (Live Manhattan Center, New York, NY, April 6, 1971)
8 Peggy-O (Live In Englishtown, NJ, September 3, 1977)
9 Pain In My Heart (Live In San Francisco 1966)
10 I'm a King Bee (Live In San Francisco 1966)
11 Hard To Handle - Live at Convention Hall, San Diego, CA, August 7, 1971
12 Turn On Your Love Light (Live At Fillmore East, February 13-14, 1970)
13 Brown-Eyed Women [Live at Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 26, 1979]
14 Empty Heart (Live February/March 1966)
15 It Must Have Been the Roses (Live At the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 1975)
16 Althea (Live)
17 If I Had The World To Give
18 To Lay Me Down [Live]
19 Gangster of Love (Live Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3, 1966)
20 Sugar Magnolia (Live In Paris)
21 Deep Elem Blues - Live at Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL 11/28/80
22 El Paso - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77
23 Easy To Love You - Live at the Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 1990
24 Standing On the Moon (Live)
25 Looks Like Rain (Live In London 1972)
26 Foolish Heart - Live at Giants - East Rutherford, NJ - 7/10/1989
27 Peggy-O
28 Rosalie McFall
29 Lazy River Road (Live at Dean Smith Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 3/25/1993)
30 Jack-A-Roe (Live, Tuscaloosa, May 17, 1977)
31 She Belongs To Me [Live at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, November 1, 1985]
32 Sugaree (Live At the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 1975)
33 Crazy Fingers
34 Are You Lonely For Me [Live at Academy Of Music, New York, NY, March 25, 1972]
35 How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved By You] [Live at Academy Of Music, New York, NY, March 25, 1972]
36 Second That Emotion (Live)
37 Black-Throated Wind (Live in Veneta, Oregon 8/27/72)
38 Looks Like Rain (Live At Academy of Music, New York, NY, March 25, 1972)
39 Gimme Some Lovin' - Live at the Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, March 26, 1990
40 Easy to Love You (Live - Springfield)
41 Just a Little Light (Live At Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, March 1990)
42 Blow Away (Live At Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, March 1990)
43 From The Heart Of Me
44 Good Lovin' (1) [Live]
45 Drums [1] [Live at Fillmore East, New York City, April 1971]
46 Good Lovin' (2) [Live]
47 Not Fade Away - Live at Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME (7/3/88)




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