El Diablo Lyrics - Zz Top

(Gibbons, Hill, Beard) 4: 20 

Did you ever hear the story 

That happened not long ago 

'bout the man with a tan: 

El diablo de Mexico? 

And this man played his hand 

And he lived by the luck of the draw; 

Now and then and again, 

Found him steppin' outside of the law 

Hey, hey! 

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And his fortune he had made 

let him live high on the hog 

Til the day of the raid 

When they hunted him like a dog. 

He was out on the run, 

Knowing he could get by, 

'Cause the men killed in sin 

were not there to testify. 

Hey, hey! 

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He was caught, he was bound 

In La Casa de Calaboose. 

He was tried; he was found 

And readied for the noose. 

But the break he would make, 

It didn't turn out so well. 

And the hombre called "Diablo" 

Bid his last farewell.