About a million stars in that desert sky
So high and lonesome it can make you want to cry
Or drive your young blood wildAnd a burning glow above that northern ridge
Three day ride will get you straight down to old Juarez
A fool's El DoradoHe got a taste for Mescal and sweet perfume
Didn't take long to get him in the back roomAll of sixteen and first taste of the borderThere's a pile of bones out on the desert floor
All that's left of el Conquistador... the conquerorWell I rode that beast down into the ground
Through every draw and every border town
That devil carried me
You watch a few go down to the fire or the rope
You leave little to chance and nothing to hopeAn old 24 and nothing could hold me down(Ain't gonna ride no more)Ain't gonna ride no moreWell you cross it once you're gonna cross it again
Something keeps you coming back to that shadowlandAnd so I did for the mysteriesTo hear that old soul stirrer slamming through the
Night
Tombstone train cuts it's own daylightAin't gonna ride no moreThough my leathers worn and my cuffs in tatters
My hearts on straight and that's all that matters
If I lose a few moves it aint no loss
Cause there's only one border left for me to cross(Ain't gonna ride no more)
I'll take my sweet time on that oneAint gonna ride no more(Ain't gonna ride no more)Oh I aint gonna ride no moreThey call me King Of El Paso and my advice
Learn that road between here and paradise(Ain't gonna ride no more)Ain't gonna ride no more(Ain't gonna ride no more)
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