Santa Maria (And the Sand Man)

Santa Maria, I need your blessing
Please guide my hand and my gun
You've seen my sweet señorita and I
In deep caressing
Now if I don't save my love, mamasita
Your boy is done
I admit, she's not in the purest of professions
But she's got nothing
But her body left to sell
And with your help
I was planning to get her into confession
And send the dirty dog that holds her
Straight to Hell
But shhhhh
Santa Maria... Don't tell

The people step aside as I come down the street
They can tell by my look that I'm looking for heat
My black hair's back and there's spurs on my feet
A six gun's the only tongue I got that speaks
And everybody knows who I came here for
The name "Sand Man" hangs on his door
And everybody knows that I can't afford
To buy my love so I'm stealing his whore

"Sand Man, come outside," I scream
"I'm hungry for your blood!
I'm finding you guilty for the crime
Of putting a price on love
The penalty is death," I say
"Come on and beat it if you can."
The door swings wide
The children hide
Santa Maria, hold my hand!

"Are you talking to me?" he says, "I can't believe your cahones
Nevermind the gun that you're pointing at me, hombre
You've gotta lotta nerve, son comin' to serve some
Death warrant to the fastest gun in the desert
But nevermind that now it's too late to go back
You're gonna die for your angel and there's honor in that
Though I should probably let you know that there's only whores here
You'll die anyway oh well, vivir es morir!"

I pull my pistol quick
And I let go a few loud shots
The adrenalin runs like razors
My stomach's all in knots
I'm choking on the gun smoke
And I'm trying not to believe
That the Sand Man's lead is lodged inside me
And there's blood running down my sleeve

Santa Maria, I feel I'm dying
My soul's as empty as my pockets
Santa Maria, is that you crying?
I feel the world roll
Just like my eyes in their sockets

What's this now? I don't know how
There's light coming up behind the one that shot me down
Lift my head up off the ground
To see the Sand Man turning around
There's a gun at his head
Staring him down
Held tightly in my señorita's hand
"Tu erés el diablo
Adios, Sand Man..."
*click* BAM!

Now I'm leaning on my girl as I stagger down the street
I never thought death was something I could ever cheat
But the bullet in my shoulder hurts every time I hold her
It reminds me of Maria
And all I owe her

I am just a poor boy
From north Michuacan
Now we live in Saulitas
We have both retired our guns
And the bullet near my heart
Forever reminds me of that day
When Santa Maria
Shouted loud as a gunshot
Just to say
"LOVE SAVES!"