Josie Escalido

Josie Escalido

She lived south of the border

In a church her granddaddy's daddy built

A Little catholic mission

Where she spent her days wishing

That he would come along and she'd be saved

Jimmy was an outlaw

An outcast from the bad lands

He rode a horse as black as his heart

Stayed hopped up on mezcal

Chased whiskey with saloon gals

But he never could get Josie off his mind

He said meet me after midnight

I'll be riding hot and fast

And our love is like a slow dance

I'm just trying to make it last

And I'm laying down my six guns

And surrendering my heart

It'll be rosary and sangria

Tequila and the cross

Outlaws, angels and the lost

Jimmy married Josie

In that little mountain chapel

He made a vow to Josie and the God

He'd turn from his wicked ways

And leave behind his outlaw days

And pray for forgiveness from his sins

But the past is like a storm

That crashes in from the north

Rode south with the posse set on death

Blood all over Jimmy's hands and

Josie lying in the desert sand

With a bullet that tore Jimmy's heart in two

And he screamed meet me after midnight

I'll be riding hot and fast

And our love is like a slow dance

I'm just trying to make it last

And I'm laying down my six guns

And surrendering my heart

It'll be rosary and sangria

Tequila and the cross

Outlaws, angels and the lost

When you're searching for the devil

Turns out he's not hard to find

He rides a horse as black as his heart

Hell and fire with two six gun

A black horse on a dead and run

When he rode into the range he just can't be done

Jimmy buried Josie

In the ashes of that chapel

Left the rangers lying in the sun

Rode out toward the bad lands

And maybe God will understand

That sometimes even angels will get lost

He cried meet me after midnight

I'll be riding hot and fast

And our love is like a slow dance

I'm just trying to make it last

And I'm laying down my six guns

And surrendering my heart

It'll be rosary and sangria

Tequila and the cross

Outlaws, angels and the lost