Josie Escalido

Josie Escalido, she lived south of the border In a church her grand-daddy's daddy built A little catholic mission where she would spend her days wishin' That he would come along and she'd be saved Jimmy was an outlaw and 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 And he said, "Meet me after midnight I'll be riding hard and fast And our love is like a slow dance I'm just tryin' to make it last And I'm laying down my six guns And surrendering my heart And it'll be a rosary, sangria, tequila and a cross Outlaws, angels and the lost" Jimmy married Josie in that little mountain chapel And made a vow to Josie and to 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 Rolls 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 hard and fast And our love is like a slow dance I'm just tryin' to make it last And I'm laying down my six guns And surrendering my heart It'll be a rosary, sangria, tequila and a 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 guns A black horse on a dead end run When he rode into the rangers camp at dawn Jimmy buried Josie in the ashes of that chapel Left the rangers lying in the sun Rode out towards the bad lands And maybe God will understand That sometimes even angels will get lost And he cried, "Meet me after midnight I'll be riding hard and fast And our love is like a slow dance I'm just tryin' to make it last And I'm laying down my six guns And surrendering my heart It'll be a rosary, sangria, tequila and a cross Outlaws, angels and the lost"