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Verse 1
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Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas
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Grandes when the moon was full
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just a locket of his sister framed in gold
He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster
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called Gallo Del Cielo
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Then he swam the Rio Grande
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with that fighter nestled
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Deep beneath his arm.
Verse 2
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El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born
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in heaven so the legends say
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His wings they had been broken,
he had one eye
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Rollin' crazy in his head
And he'd fought a hundred fights,
and the legends say
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That one night near El Sueco
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They'd fought Gallo seven times,
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Left brave roosters dead.
Verse 3
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I am thinking of you now in San Antonio
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I have 27 dollars and the good
luck of your picture
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Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting
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And then I'll return to buy
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Verse 4
Outside of San Diego,
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in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
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The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping
And they laughed when Zaragoza
pulled the one- eyed
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Del Cielo from beneath his coat
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But they cried when Zaragoza
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Thousand dollar bill.
Verse 5
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I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara
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I have fifteen hundred dollars
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Your picture framed in gold
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Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting
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And then I'll return to buy
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
hiding and the lantern light
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Spills shadows on a fighting sand
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Where a wicked black named Zorro faces
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Gallo del Cielo in the night
But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack
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that runs across his rooster's beak
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And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand
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dollars riding on the fight.
Verse 7
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I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
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Yes, the money's on the table,
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Your good luck framed in gold
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And everything we've dreamed of is
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riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
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I pray that I'll return to buy the land
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Villa stole from father long ago.
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Verse 8
Then the signal it was given,
and the cocks rose
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Together far above the sand
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El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into
They were separated quickly
but they rose and fought
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Each other thirty seven times
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And the le gends say that everyone agreed
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that del Cielo fought the best.
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Verse 9
Then the screams of Zaragoza
filled the night outside
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The town of Santa Clara
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As the beak of del Cielo lay broken
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like a shell within his hand
And they say that Zaragoza
screamed a curse upon the
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When Zorro rose up one last
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Cielo through the sand.
Verse 10
I am thinking of you now in
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I have no money in my pocket,
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Your good luck framed in gold
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I buried it last evening with
the bones of my
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And I'll not return to buy
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the land Villa stole from
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Father long ago.
Verse 11
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Do the rivers still run muddy
outside of my beloved
Verse 12
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Oes the scar upon my brother's
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He hears mention of my name?
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Do the people of El Sueco curse
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the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
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Well, tell my family not to worry,
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To cause them shame.
Outro 1
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