Rosa's Cantina

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Intro

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Out in the West Texas town of El Paso

I got an itch for a Mexican girl

Nighttime would find me at Rosa's Cantina

Where for the right price Feleena would whirl

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Black were the eyes of my paid-for Feleena

She knew the tricks that would send you through hell

My thirst was deep for this Mexican maiden

While I was just one more coin in her well

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One night a rich-looking cowboy strode in

Wild as a tumbleweed looking to score

Flashing more silver than I'd ever seen

At wicked Feleena the prize I adored

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So in a rage I challenged his right

Down went his hand for the pistol he wore

My challenge was bare but my timing was faster

The handsome young stranger lay spent on the floor

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Just for a moment I stood there all spent

Shocked by the messy cruel deed I had done

My mind started racing my chances were fading

I had but one option and that was to run

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Out through the back door of Rosa's I scrambled

Out where the horses were hitched for the night

I caught a strong one it looked like a stayer

Swung on its back and rode clean out of sight

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As fast as I could from that West Texas town

Into the badlands of New Mexico

My seat was sore but I longed for much more

A different kind of fire down below

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For weeks I rode lonely my memory a-burning

From the spice and the heat I had known

I tried other fillies in dusty old towns

But they couldn't compare to the seed that was sown

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My thirst for Feleena was driving me mad

That special flavour I couldn't forget

It wasn't her whirling that I was recalling

But the glorious way that she made my brow sweat

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Then one day I saw it a flyer tacked neatly

Not for a maiden but for a grand prize

A gathering of experts - a taste-off - a showdown

For the best ride under Mexico skies

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My spirit was lifted my saddle re-cinched

My destination was suddenly clear

No longer running from West Texas trouble

But toward a new conquest and conquering fear

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And at last here I am not to find my old lover

But to enter my name in the book

For the sign up above me in bold painted letters

Gave my whole story a different look It said: Rosa's Cantina's Annual Mare Show

And there in a pen chewing hay with a grin Stood a handsome dark horse they called Sweet Feleena

The very same creature my rival rode in

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That cowboy I dropped wasn't dead he'd just fainted

And the gun that he wore was a flask full of gin My deep burning pain was the shame I'd been feeling

For that lovely young filly he was leading right in

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So I'm done with my flight from the town of El Paso

My long lonely ride through New Mexico

My life isn't worthless I've found my true calling

One winning ride

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and Feleena... let's go

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