From thirty thousand feet above
The desert floor, I see it there below
A city with a legend
The west Texas city of El PasoWhere long ago, I heard a song
About a Texas cowboy and a girl
And a little place called Rosa's
Where he used to go and watch this beauty whirlI don't recall who sang the song
But I recall the story that I heard
And as I look down on the city
I remember each and every wordThe singer sang about a jealous cowboy
And the way he used a gun
To kill another cowboy
Then he had to leave El Paso on the runEl Paso City by the Rio Grande
The cowboy lived and rode away
But love was strong, he couldn't stay
He rode back just to die in that El Paso sandEl Paso City by the Rio Grande
I try not to let you cross my mind
But still I find there's such a mystery
In the song that I don't understandMy mind is down there somewhere
As I fly above the badlands of New Mexico
I can't explain why I should know
The very trail he rode back to El PasoCan it be that man can disappear
From life and live another time
And does the mystery deepen 'cause you think
That you yourself lived in that other timeSomewhere in my deepest thoughts
Familiar scenes and memories unfold
These wild and unexplained emotions
That I've had so long but I have never toldLike every time I fly up through the heavens
And I see you there below
I get the feeling sometime
In another world I lived in El PasoEl Paso City by the Rio Grande
Could it be that I could be
The cowboy in this mystery
That died there in that desert sand so long agoEl Paso City by the Rio Grande
A voice tells me to go and see
Another voice keeps tellin' me
Maybe death awaits me in El PasoEl Paso City