Rosa from Santa Elena

[Verse 1] I first saw Rosa in Santa Elena Down by the chapel with lace in her hair She smiled like a secret and danced like the wind And I lost my soul there and then [Verse 2] She said her father once rode with Pancho Villa But now he lays low with a bounty unpaid She poured me mescal and whispered my name And I knew then I’d never stay [Chorus] Oh Rosa, Rosa, you cut like a knife With your lips full of danger and your eyes full of lies I gave you my heart and the last of my pride But I never should’ve trusted a rose that wild [Verse 3] One night in the cantina, the air turned to lead When a drifter came callin’ for blood and for debt She said he was no one, a ghost from the past But her hand on his cheek told me all of the rest [Bridge] Now the moon rides high over Santa Elena And the graveyard is quiet except for one stone Two names etched beneath the earth's barren ground A lone pistol echoes my heart's final sound [Final Chorus] Oh Rosa, Rosa, you danced through my life With a smile like fire and a kiss like a knife I gave you my soul in a town made of sand Now I ride with your ghost across this dry land [Outro] [Waltzing strings fade into desert wind, soft Spanish guitar riff lingers]