ADIOS AND RUN
(Lacy J. Dalton)


Lacy J. Dalton - 1985





High noon on the desert
The eye of God was like a burnin' sun
Their lips were chapped and broken
Could not wet them with their swollen tongues

Sanchez still had one spur left
That jingled everytime he took a stride
Two Dogs cursed his broken head
Blue bandana drippin' red
And wondered for the hundredth time 
How hard it was to die

Ragged Comancheros, troubles favourite sons
Harder than the cold blue steel it took to make their guns
Steal it from the white eyes, sell it to the Mexicans
Then adios amigos, adios an' run

Sundown near the border
In a dry gulch where the Fat Horse Creek once flowed
They dreamed of a cantina
And the beer they drank there not so long ago

Sanchez lit a cigarette
Tried to hide the truth behind his eyes
Two Dogs took a drag instead
Blue bandana soakin' red
And wondered for the thousandth time
How long it took to die

Ragged Comancheros, troubles favourite sons
Harder than the cold blue steel it took to make their guns
Steal it from the white eyes, sell it to the Mexicans
Then adios amigos, adios an' run

Adios amigos, adios an' run






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)