Out in the West Texas town of El Paso   I fell in love with a Mexican girl   Night-time would find me in Rosa's cantina   Music would play and Felina would whirl      Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina   Wicked and evil while casting a spell   My love was deep for this Mexican maiden   I was in love but in vain, I could tell      One night a wild 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 love of this maiden   Down went his hand for the gun that he wore   My challenge was answered in less than a heart-beat   The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor      Just for a moment I stood there in silence   Shocked by 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 caught a good one   It looked like it could run   Up on its back   And away I did ride      Just as fast as I   Could from the West Texas town of El Paso   Out to the bad-lands of New Mexico      Back in El Paso my life would be worthless   Everything's gone in lifenothing 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   Tonight nothing's worse than this   Pain in my heart      And 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 have to make it to Rosa's back door      Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel   A deep burning pain in my side   Though I am trying   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