La Bandida Pelirroja

They say
She's got that beauty mark
They say
It shines neath her wild left eye
Right north of her heart
And they say
When she smiles it glows
Like a diamond in the dark
She got that sting
It leaves men dreams

And I was lost
I did not know I was
And the moon kept ramblin on
About some nighttime junk
A cool wind
It shuffled in
Whenever you showed up
I felt the ground
Tremble round me
Everywhere you walked

When you was young
No one took you on
Babe you's quick you's fast you's good
You showed them how to run
They said
That redhead sure got skill
She sho is tough
And then one day
You just slipped away

Ten miles south
And seven miles around
Babe you's spinnin whirlin dreamin
Summoning up that sound
And when all the authorities came to find you out
They could not bear
The wild brave air
No
They paled and turned around

But you soon moved on
You never stayed too long
Your feet was like thunderclouds
And your heart was storms
And no one knew where you's comin from
Or where you's goin
But you did not mind
You just passed them by

Now way back west
You always dressed your best
And a sad light glowed beneath
Your golden summer dress
And babe you didn't need to say no thang
To leave me well impressed
I was well aware
How well your red hair
Dangled round your breath

And the sky was blue
When you burst in that saloon
Your gun stay hidden but
No one there could move
They called you the fastest gun
Said you was the prettiest one too
And everywhere people stopped and stared
To see what you would do

And I was gone
I did not know how much
All my notebooks lay scattered ripped
The lines all double crossed
Babe it could've happened anywhere
It only happened once
That day you came
Blazed through my way

And there you was
Covered all in blood
And by that wild strange look in your eye
I knew exactly what you'd done
And you sauntered over you stammered up
Then slowly start to talk
You said
Hey boy what you lookin at
Do you really think that you're the one

You think you're the one that got
The nerve to break my heart
And you said
Boy do it well
You know it better hurt
You said
I wanna feel that rhythm swell
The way it pounds out loud cross this lonely earth
You said these things
Then you turned away

And I seen you got
That beauty mark
I saw it shine neath your wild left eye
Straight north of your heart
And babe when you cried
I felt a lightnin through my heart
You left your sting
I still be dreamin

So bring your drum
And bring your violin
The organ man gon' growl
Whenever you walk in
Cause babe you was my favorite stranger
You was my only relative
And I still believe that you roam free