From the Plains to Mexico - The Residents

We were lyin' on the prairie, on slaughter’s ranch one night

With our heads upon our saddles and a campfire burnin' bright

Soon we fell to talkin' of distant friends so dear

Oh, when a boy raised up in his saddle and he wiped away our tear

Oh, I fell in love with a neighbor girl, her cheeks were soft and white

Another feller loved her too and it ended in a fight

Oh, it makes me shake and shudder to think of that awful night

When Tom and I began to fight and I stabbed him with my knife

I fell down on my knees and tried to stop the blood

That came out from his side all spurtin'

Like some bright red crimson flood

And now when I am sleepin' I hear him softly say

Oh Bob, I know you’re sorry but I’ve gone to a better place

Yes I guess, I believe it but I just can’t let it go

His dyin' eyes are with me, oh from the plains to Mexico