1. |
heart of the sun
04:09
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way down in tucson two miners dicovered a stone
a diamond the size of a cow's eye
it sparkled and glowed
they threw down their shovels
and danced in the dirt and the dust
each of them sure that the other was worthy of trust
heart of the sun, heart of the sun
god help the fool who covets the jewel
and claims it as his own
heart of the sun, heart of the sun
a hypnotic jem that whispers to men
keep your hand next to your gun
they rode to the city to talk to the man at the bank
and dreamed of new riches
as the hot desert sky turned to black
they camped by the river
the stone in a old saddle bag
and each slept with one eye half open
as the evil rock sang
(chorus)
the morning came softly
to find both the miners were dead
the stone in the river
both with gun shots in their heads
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2. |
maria rosa
03:53
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maria rosa you're a beautiful girl
and i am a poor man alone in this world
ugly and simple i dare not speak out
for fear that your laughter would bring the sky down
maria rosa
though you are near you are miles from me
maria rosa
although i dream it never will be
i wait outside of your shop till you're done
and hide in the shadows and watch you walk home
and i curse myself for my redisence
until you have gone from my sight again
(chorus)
the birds sing aloud
that i am alone
the bells ring in town
some one found someone
and it's a fool who wants it but won't even try
still i keep my silence when you walk by
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3. |
trader
03:44
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standing on the gravel
looking up the road
i saw a wagon coming
i felt the wind blow
through the dust i saw him
passing me by
i shouted my lover has left me
can't you hear my cry
trader, trader
put down your bag unbuckle it open
haven't you a spell or a token
look inside please
can't you save me from her memory
he stopped and then turned toward me
with eyes like frozen lakes
a ring with bloomless flowers
a scarf with emerald snakes
he said i cannot help you
i've seen it in other men
obsession has it's hand upon you
and madness is at hand
(chorus)
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4. |
45 guns
03:23
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i went out walking with lovely sabrina
out in the sagebrush so wild
when up rode the ill-tempered son of the sherrif
he looked down at us and he smiled
the butt of his rifle met my naked temple
i buckled and fell to my knees
and looked up to find my lovely sabrina
her hair in her hands as she screamed
45 guns in a line behind the sherrif
riding like devils tonight
tell them don't bother consrtucting a scaffold
they don't plan to take me alive
with my left hand i reached for his bridal
and with my right for his belt
sabrina scratched at his arm with her fingers
down in the sagebrush we fell
his horse it rode off as we tore at each other
and faught like two bulls in the sand
and as god is my witness i just can't remember
how his gun got in my hand
so horribly strange is the face of a dead man
all the life gone from his eyes
he lays like a manequine in a store window
knowing he never will rise
so i told sabrina, go run to your mother
and i climbed on the dead man's mount
and rode toward the mountains, 5 bullets, no water
and waited for the sound of...
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5. |
algaline
03:24
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another young boy lays dead on the floor
for you algeline
a carpenter's mate is building a crate
'cause of you algaline
this old cow town was never
meant for a beauty like you
each lonely cowboy who comes through
loses his mind, loses his mind
another young man face down in the sand
for you algaline
just down the road they're cutting a stone
for you algeline
way back in the eastern country
your mother still waits and she pines
go back to that provincial life
leave this old saloon
for the tramps of the night
another young soul down in a hole
for you algeline
another young man on the way to the tank
'cause of you algaline
i lay in my grave waisting away
for you algaline
the flowers on the ground hang their heads down
for you algaline
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6. |
outlaw road
03:52
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he's got the blue winter ice in his eyes
he makes the man empty the cash drawer
he laughs at the store-keeper and his young wife
as they lay in fear on the wood floor
justice is waiting on the outlaw road
somewhere the reaper in the long shadows
your time is coming when fate's wind blows
justice is waiting on the outlaw road
no one has ever made him pay yet
he takes what ever he wants
each cruel thing he does, he adds to his debt
but justice will let no man walk
(chorus)
his face in the paper and a price on his head
he rides on a trail that grows shorter
an ambitious sheriff with 21 men
will make sure he won't reach the border
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7. |
slow ride home
04:46
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don't fight, close your sleepy eyes
all in the world is fine
let the good dreams come
let fall your hair and then your head
make my lap your bed
let the good dreams come
lovers on a slow ride home
the reins are hanging slack the horses know
every foot of this old road
the sun is sinking down the shadows grow
soon will come the big-faced moon
i sing you off to sleep with a haggard tune
as we go on a slow ride home
the sky hints at the shade of night
as we creep slowly by
the harmons' little farm
the blues are somewhere in this world
but not here with my girl
who's heavy on my arm
(chorus)
i see a silhouette i know
a house against the glow
of a sleepy western sky
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8. |
beyond the next rise
02:55
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there's a big show-biz moon out tonight
and there's still enough good light to ride
and you wait to bed down on some unknown ground
somewhere beyond the next rise
the thrill it don't last long for you
when your heels start to itch like they do
too many days and you mind starts to stray
somewhere beyong the next rise
and you had your chances to stay
but you up and rode off
before the roots could take
you always think happiness lays
somewhere beyond the next rise
the view from the hill still gives you a thrill
you just can't let go of the wandering road
you think about sweet maryjane
who almost had you in her chains
but the memory fades as you ride away
somewhere beyond the next rise
and you've had your chances at love
but the wild prarie wind
was too strong to get free of
you always thought happiness was
somewhere beyond the next rise
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9. |
mission walls
03:52
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Let me in behind your mission walls
Your mission walls, your mission walls
Let me in behind your mission walls
As I am afraid for my life
There’s an awful ghost that follows
That follows me, that follows me
There’s an awful ghost that follows
And wont ever stop till I die
When I was a young boy I walked these hills so free
But diablo fooled me
Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me
Let me in behind your mission walls
Your mission walls, your mission walls
Let me in behind your mission walls
As I am afraid for my life
Let me work down in the catacombs
The catacombs , the catacombs
Let me work down in the catacombs
Where nobody knows I’m alive
I’ll lay down these irons and live a life of peace
Padre I’m trying
Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me
I’ll give up all my pride and fall to my knees
If you’d let me inside and
Pray for me, pray for me, pray for me
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