Lyrics

MANUELLA

FIFTY NINE PESOS STILL SHINE ON THE BAR AS HE LEAVES
PULLS ON HIS SOMBRERO AND SQUINTS DOWN THE DUST-SETTLED STREET
SILVER CROSS GLITTERS LIKE GOLD AS THE SUN SETTLES INTO THE HILLS
WAITING HE WATCHES THE SHADOWS CRAWL TO THE EAST

* STAY MI AMOR, PLEASE DON?T LEAVE ME SHE CRIED
* AS HE BUCKLED THE BELT OF HIS GUN
* HE STILL SEES THE SUN IN HER HAIR AND THE TEAR IN HER EYE
* HE KISSED HER SOFT LIPS AND THE CROSS AT HER BREAST AND OFFERED
A PRAYER OF RETURN
* THEN RODE OFF TO WAR WITH A WAVE AND A QUIET GOODBY

| ?OH MANUELLA,? HE MOANS THOUGH THERE?S NO ONE TO HEAR
| SHE LEFT WITH A STRANGER AND HUNG THE CROSS BY THE DOOR
| ?OH MANUELLA,? HE SIGHS WITH THE HEARTACHE OF YEARS
| ALL THAT REMAINS IS HIS GUN AND THE CROSS THAT SHE WORE

TWO FIGURES APPEAR ON THE WALK AT THE END OF THE STREET
HE PULLS DOWN HIS SOMBRERO THEN RAISES HIS EYES AS THEY MEET
THE WOMAN STOPS FROM THE SHOCK OF HIS FACE, HER COMPANION PULLS OUT HIS GUN
THE EYES THAT CARESSED HIM WITH LOVE ARE NOW FILLED WITH FEAR

| ?OH MANUELLA,? HE GRIEVES AS IF SHE WERE DEAD
| ?I RODE ALL THE DESERTS OF HELL TO SEE YOU AGAIN?
| ?OH MANUELLA,? HE SAYS HER NAME LIKE A PRAYER
| TIPS BACK HIS SOMBRERO AND TAKES THE CROSS IN HIS HAND

THE LAST EMBER OF SUN LIGHTS THE GLIMMER OF TEARS IN HIS EYES
HE LOWERS HIS HEAD AND HE KISSES THE CROSS ONE MORE TIME
HIS PRACTICED HAND QUICKLY GRABS FOR HIS GUN AND FIRES INTO THE SKY
A SHOT FINDS HIS CHEST AND HE WHISPERS HER NAME AS HE DIES

| ?OH MANUELLA.? SHE KNEELS DOWN TO HEAR HIS LAST PRAYER
| SHE GENTLY PULLS OFF THE CROSS, HOLDS IT CLOSE TO HER BREAST
| ?OH MANUELLA,? HER NAME HAUNTS THE COOL EVENING AIR
| YEARS AFTER THE WAR HIS HEART HAS FINALLY FOUND REST