El Paso City Song Lyrics and Chords by Marty Robbins
El Paso City
Words and music by Marty Robbins
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From thirty thousand feet above
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desert floor I see it there be
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A city with a legend
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west Texas city of El
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Paso
Where long ago I heard a song
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About a Texas cowboy and a
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girl
And a little place called Rosa's
Where he
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used to go and watch this beauty
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whirl
I don't recall who sang the song
But I
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recall the story that I
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heard
And as I look down on the city
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remember each and every
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word
The singer sang about a jealous cowboy
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the way he used a
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gun
To kill another cowboy
Then he had to
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leave El Paso on the
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run
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El Paso
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Cit-y by the Rio
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Grand-e
The
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cowboy lived and rode away
But love was strong he couldn't stay
He rode back just to die in that El
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sand
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El Paso
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Grand-e
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try not to let you cross my mind
But still I find there's just a mystery
In the song that I don't under
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stand
My mind is down there somewhere
As I
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fly above the badlands of New
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Mexico
I can't explain why I should know
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very trail he rode back to El
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Can it be that man can disappear
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life and live another
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time
And does the mystery deepen cause you
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think
That you yourself lived in that other
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Somewhere in my deepest thoughts
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miliar scenes and memories
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unfold
These wild and unexplained emotions
That
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I've had so long but I have never
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told
Like every time I fly up through the heavens
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I see you there be
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I get the feeling sometime
In an
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other world I lived in El
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Grand-e
Could it
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be that I could be
The cowboy in this mystery
That died there in that desert sand so long
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ago
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Grand-e
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A voice tells me to go and see
Another voice keeps telling me
Maybe death awaits me in El
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El Paso
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Cit-y
FAQ
Who sang the the song El Paso City?
- The song El Paso City was sang by Marty Robbins.
Who is Marty Robbins?
- Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 - December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country and western singers for most of his nearly four-decade career, which spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1980s.
Born in Glendale, Arizona, Robbins taught himself guitar while serving in the United States Navy during World War II, and subsequently drew fame performing in clubs in and around his hometown. In 1956, he released his first No. 1 country song, "Singing the Blues" and one year later, released two more No. 1 hits, "A White Sport Coat" and "The Story of My Life". In 1959, Robbins released his signature song, "El Paso", for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song began Robbins' association with western balladry, a style which would become a staple of his career. Later releases that drew critical acclaim include "Don't Worry", "Big Iron" and "Honkytonk Man", the last for which the 1982 Clint Eastwood film is named, and in which Robbins made his final appearance before death.
Over the course of his career, Robbins recorded more than 500 songs and 60 albums, and won two Grammy Awards, was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was named the 1960s Artist of the Decade by the Academy of Country Music. Robbins was a commercial success in both the country and pop genres, and his songs were covered by many other famous artists, including Johnny Cash, the Grateful Dead and Elvis Presley. His music continues to have an influence in pop culture today, having recently appeared in several contemporary pop culture features, including the video game Fallout: New Vegas, and the series finale of AMC's Breaking Bad.
