El Paso fue escrita e interpretada por Marty Robbins, y es una de sus canciones más conocidas. Está incluida en el álbum Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, lanzado en 1959. La balada cuenta la historia de amor prohibido y tragedia en el Viejo Oeste, centrada en un vaquero que se enamora de una joven llamada Felina en El Paso, Texas, y termina huyendo después de matar a un hombre por celos, solo para regresar y encontrar su final.
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Out in the West Texas town of El Paso
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I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
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Nighttime would find me in Rose's Cantina,
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Music would play and Felina would whirl.
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Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina,
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Wicked and evil while casting a spell.
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My love was deep for this Mexican maiden,
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I was in love, but in vain I could tell.
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One night a wild young cowboy came in,
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Wild as the West Texas wind.
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Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing,
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With wicked Felina, the girl that I love.
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So in anger
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I challenged his right for the love of this maiden;
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Down went his hand for the gun that he wore.
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My challenge was answered, in less than a heartbeat
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The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor.
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Just for a moment I stood there in silence,
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Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done.
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Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there;
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I had but one chance and that was to run.
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Out through the back door of Rose's I ran,
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Out where the horses were tied.
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I caught a good one; it looked like it could run,
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Up on its back and away I did ride.
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Just as fast as I
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could from the West Texas town of El Paso,
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Out to the badlands of New Mexico.
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Back in El Paso my life would be worthless;
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Everything's gone in life nothing is left.
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It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden,
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My love is stronger than my fear of death.
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I saddled up and away I did go,
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Riding alone in the dark.
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Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me,
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Tonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heart.