GIRLS FROM SANTA CRUZ
(Michael Belanger / Lacy J. Dalton)


Lacy J. Dalton - 1980



Kim and I, we stole a stallion
>From a rodeo in Texas
Took him north and sold him right away
We took the money and we ran 
But right behind us came a man
In a stetson hat who vowed he'd make us pay

The buyer gave a good description 
Of the girls who sold that stud
And the man in the stetson knew us right away
Said there ain't two outlaws in this world 
Fits the looks of those two girls
I know 'em, but they always get away

And it wasn't long before we heard the news
It's enough to give an old cowgirl a bad case of the blues
But that Texas Ranger met his match 
With the girls from Santa Cruz

Kim and I were used to trouble
So we lit out on the double
Headin' for a border town we knew
But the ranger caught us on the way
Stopped us dead, what could I say
And I figured that the two of us were through

But there was one thing I neglected
Love is often unexpected
Guess that's just the way it's gonna be
'Cause the Ranger took one look at Kim 
And she took one look back at him
And neither one of them remembered me

And it wasn't long before I heard the news
It's enough to give an old cowgirl a bad case of the blues
'Cause that Texas Ranger made his match 
With my friend from Santa Cruz

Yeah, the Texas Ranger got old Kim and he got that stallion too!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)