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This song came from a discussion about our town, Musselburgh, being known as " the Honest Town."The ballad describes a fugitive, a gun battle, and a love affair.
We go at it at a blistering pace, so it's up-tempo, and loud with a cracking snare drum and some excellent guitar work.
Song Lyrics
They tell me this is an honest town. But I don't know.
All I see are dust Devils , From here to Mexico
It's sun and Sand and sorrow, As we near the Rio Grande,
join all the other Dreamers, in another Dreamers land.
They call me thief they call me killer, But I don't know,
I was only trying to stay alive, but So It Goes,
And now my name is on a poster, With a $1000 reward,
An outlaw on the outside, of outside evermore.
I shot him down, his blood is turning black,
I shot him down and I'm never going back.
A shot rang out, across the open range,
A shot rang out and everything had changed
The Lights of Juarez are welcoming,
But I don't know,
Is my lover Paulina, (POW -LEAN- YA)
still waiting below, So much of what I am,
Was left behind,
When I cross that muddy river,
When I crossed the line.
She waits for me, At least I hope she does,
She waits for me, Warm as she ever was.
She waits alone, in the darkness of her heart,
She waits alone, a woman torn apart
Tell me I'm in no danger here,
But I don't know,
These bandits look like Federales
Moving in real slow,
(And) I only know two words of Spanish,
And one of them is you,
So hope that El Diablo,
His aim is true true.
Credits
Artist: The Scattered Notes
Electric guitars: Ross Dryburgh
Bass guitar: Stuart Wilson
Drums: Duncan Smith
All songs written by Arthur Wilson and Bob Shields
