South Coast - Michael Martin Murphey

作曲：L. Ross/S. Eskin/R. Dehr

South coast the wild coast is lonely

You may win at the game and go home

But the lion still rules the barranca

And a man there is always alone

My name is juan hano de castro

My father was a spanish grandee

And i won my wife in a card game

But no woman ever comes free

I picked up the ace i had won her

Don carlos called me a cheat

But she was a prize worth the taking

Like a warm summer's day she was sweet

South coast the wild coast is lonely

You might win at a game and go home

But the lion still rules the barranca

And a man there is always alone

Her arms had to tighten around me

As we rode up the hills from the south

Not a word did i hear from her that day

Nor a kiss from her pretty red mouth

We came to my cabin at twilight

The stars twinkled out on the coast

She soon loved the valley the orchard

But before long she loved me the most

South coast the wild coast is lonely

You might win at a game and go home

But the lion still rules the barranca

And a man there is always alone

Then i got hurt in a landslide

So quickly she rushed to my side

She saddled her pony like lightning

But she never finished her ride

The lion screamed in the barranca

The pony fell back on the slide

My young wife lay dead in the moonlight

My heart died that night with my bride

South coast the wild coast is lonely

You might win at a game and go home

But the lion still rules the barranca

And a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone

It's a man there is always alone