Tom Russell《Gallo del Cielo》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:03.87]Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full [00:12.18]No money in his pocket just a locket of his sister framed in gold [00:19.65]He rode into El Sueco stole a rooster called Gallo Del Cielo [00:27.06]Then he swam the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled [00:31.50]Deep beneath his arm [00:37.41]El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven so the legends say [00:45.84]His wings they had been broken he had one eye [00:48.75]Rollin' crazy in his head [00:54.18]And he'd fought a hundred fights and the legends say [00:57.39]That one night near El Sueco [01:02.52]They'd fought Gallo seven times and seven times he'd [01:06.03]Left brave roosters dead [01:09.27]Hola my Theresa I am thinking of you now in San Antonio [01:17.04]I have 27 dollars and the good luck of your picture [01:21.24]Framed in gold [01:23.85]Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo [01:31.95]And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole [01:35.22]From father long ago [01:40.38]Outside of San Diego in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde [01:48.87]The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk [01:57.21]And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one eyed [02:00.33]Del Cielo from beneath his coat [02:05.67]But they cried when Zaragoza walked away with a [02:09.12]Thousand dollar bill [02:12.51]Hola my Theresa I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara [02:20.34]I have fifteen hundred dollars and the good luck of [02:23.88]Your picture framed in gold [02:27.12]Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo [02:35.31]And then I'll return to buy the land Villa stole [02:38.58]From father long ago [03:00.60]Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light [03:03.78]Spills shadows on a fighting sand [03:09.15]Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night [03:17.61]But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak [03:25.98]And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight [03:32.70]Hola my Theresa I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara [03:40.53]Yes the money's on the table I am holding to [03:43.89]Your good luck framed in gold [03:47.25]And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo [03:54.90]I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago [04:03.84]Then the signal it was given and the cocks rose [04:07.23]Together far above the sand [04:12.36]El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast [04:20.70]They were separated quickly but they rose and fought [04:23.94]Each other thirty seven times [04:29.07]And the legends say that everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best [04:37.44]Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside [04:40.92]The town of Santa Clara [04:46.02]As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his hand [04:54.57]And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the [04:58.11]Bones of Pancho Villa [05:02.94]When Zorro rose up one last time and drove del [05:06.18]Cielo through the sand [05:09.54]Hola my Theresa I am thinking of you now in [05:13.08]San Francisco [05:17.19]I have no money in my pocket I no longer have [05:20.76]Your good luck framed in gold [05:23.91]I buried it last evening with the bones of my [05:26.91]Beloved Del Cielo [05:31.83]And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole from [05:35.55]Father long ago [05:38.37]Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved [05:42.12]Casas Grandes [05:46.32]Oes the scar upon my brother's face turn red when [05:49.50]He hears mention of my name [05:52.86]Do the people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo [06:00.90]Well tell my family not to worry I will not return [06:04.74]To cause them shame