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[Verse]
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Carlos Saragosa left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full
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He had no money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in Gold
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He headed for el Sueco, stole a rooster named Gallo Del Cielo
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Then he crossed the Rio Grande with that rooster nestled deep within his arm
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Gallo del Cielo was a warrior born in heaven so the legends say
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His wings they had been broken, he had one eye rollin crazy in his head
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He'd fought a hundred fights and the legends say that one night near El Sueco 
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He fought Cielo seven times, seven times he left brave roosters dead

[Chorus]
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Hola my Teresa I'm thinkin of you now in San Antonio
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I have 27 dollars and the good luck of your good luck of your picture framed in gold
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Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
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Then I'll return to buy the land Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

[Verse]
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Outside of San Diego in the Onion fields of Paco Monte Verde
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The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk
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And they laughed when Saragosa pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo from beneath his shirt
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But they cried when Saragosa waked away with a thousand dollar bill

[Chorus]
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Hola my Teresa I'm thinkin of you now in Santa Barbara
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I have 1,500 dollars and the good luck of your good luck of your picture framed in gold
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Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
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Then I'll return to buy the land Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

[Verse]
         E                                                       
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light spills shadows on the 
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fighting sand
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A wicked black named Zorro paces Del Cielo into the night
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And Carlos Saragosa fears the tiny crack that runs across his roosters beak
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And he fears that he has lost the 50,000 dollars riding on the fight

[Chorus]
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Hola my Teresa I'm thinkin of you now in Santa Clara
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The money's on the table, I'm holding now your good luck framed in gold
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Everything we dream of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
           F#m                          A                B           E
Then I'll return to buy the land Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

[Verse]
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The signal it was given and the roosters rose together far above the sand
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Gallo Del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast
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They were separated quickly but they rose and fought each other 37 times again
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And the legends all agreed that Gallo Del Cielo he fought the best
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Now the cries of Saragosa filled the night outside the town of Santa Clara
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As the beak of Del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his hand
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And they say that Saragosa screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho Villa
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As Zorro rose up one more time and drove Del Cielo in the sand

[Chorus/Outro]
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Hola my Teresa I'm thinkin of you now in San Francisco
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I have no money in my pocket I no longer have your good luck framed in gold
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I buried it last evening with the bones of my beloved Del Cielo
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I will not return to buy the land that Villa stole long ago
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Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved Casas Grandes?
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Does the scar upon my brother's face turn red when he hears mention of my 
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name?
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And do the people of El Sueco still curse the theft of Gallo Del Cielo? 
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Tell my family not to worry, I will not return to cause them shame.