Goodbye My Herotio...

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A song with a story... maybe it was watching the 3 Amigo's that did it... or half a bottle of wine... whatever... this is what happened.

Good Bye Herotio

Tequila and Whiskey, the man and the mystery, the sweet smell of tobacco
Orange trees and rattlesnakes and all the times I saw you make
Those deals in the shadows
The tender nights you gave to me, the mornings when you took your leave
You never said where you go
But you always could be found in all the wrong bars in all the wrong towns
That was my Herotio

Well I’m not saying you were a good man, but you were never a bad man
With a soul of fire and a heart so pure
You were everything to me, strong, fragile everything in between
Perfect oh that’s for sure
That night was oh so dark, thunder ran right through my heart
I recall the night so well
I pray now you’d not been around when the strangers rode right into town
They were spoilin’ for a fight oh I could tell

The men were cruel the men were rough, the fight was hard, the fight was tough
But this is what you were born to do
Now dyeing was never your intention, just a little intervention
One man ran before you could run him through
You followed him out the door into the street outside the bar
To run the coward out of town
But he pulled a gun the gutless swine, aimed and fired one last time
That bullet took my lover down

Well you lay so still there on the ground, you’re blood was all around
I tried to hold the tears I tried
But in the silence that did proceed I sank down to my knees and cried
My love I cried
But you faced death the same way you’d lived your life every day
Never showing fear in your eyes
And as you drew your last breath your bloodied face I did caress and said
Herotio Goodbye

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