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"