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Richard Shindell covers Blackie Farrell's "Sonora's Death Row"
Recorded 9 March 2001 at The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Words and music by Kevin "Blackie" Farrell
Me and the boys, we cinched up our saddles and rode to Sonora last night
Guns hangin' proud, darin' out loud for anyone lookin' to fight
Card cheats and rustlers would run for their holes when the boys from the old Broken O
Rode in and reined on the street that they named Sonora's Death Row
Mescal is free at Amanda's saloon for the boys from the old Broken O
Saturday nights in the town of Sonora are the best in all Mexico
They've got guitars and trumpets and sweet señoritas who won't want to let you go
You'd never believe such a gay, happy town had a street named Sonora's Death Row
Inside Amanda's we were a-dancin' with all of Amanda's gals
I won some silver at seven-card stud, so I was outdoin' my pals
But the whiskey and the mescal, and peso cigars drove me outside for some air
Where somebody whispered "Your life or your money"... I reached but my gun wasn't there
I woke up face down in Amanda's back alley aware of the fool I had been
I rushed to my pony, I grabbed my Winchester, and I entered Amanda's again
Where I saw my partners twirlin' my pistols and throwin' my money around
Blinded by rage, I jacked the lever and one of them fell to the ground
Well, Amanda's grew silent like night in the desert, my friends stared in pure disbelief
Amanda was kneelin' beside the dead cowboy, plainly expressing her grief
And as I bowed my head a tremble shot through me, my six-gun was there at my side
I felt my pockets, and there was my money, I fell to my knees and I cried
For a nightmare of mescal is all that it was, for no one had robbed me at all
I wish I was dreamin' the sound of the gallows they're testin' just outside the walls
And the mescal's still free at Amanda's saloon for the boys from the old Broken O
And I'd give a ransom to drink there today and be free of Sonora's Death Row
Yeah, I'd give a ransom to drink there today and be free of Sonora's Death Row
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