The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine [Repeat: x 2]
He drink whiskey, Poncho drink the wine [Repeat: x 2]

We met down on the fort of Rio Grande [Repeat: x 2]
Eat the salted peanuts out of can [Repeat: x 2]

The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort [Repeat: x 2]
Cisco came in blastin', drinkin' port [Repeat: x 2]

They rode the sunset, horse was made of steel [Repeat: x 2]
Chased a gringo last night through a field [Repeat: x 2]

[Repeat: x 2]
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine

The Cisco Kid he was a friend of mine [fade]



Lyrics submitted by farouhk

Track duration: 03:51

"The Cisco Kid" as written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Ray I. Brown, Morris Dewayne Dickerson, Le Roy L. Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:Def. not Eric Burden... Eric Burden had nothing to do with "the World is a Ghetto" album... such a classic ablum straight through...
    Flag Ransoloon October 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Two lyric changes,

    "We met down at the border Rio Grande"
    and...

    Chased the gringo rustlers through the field.
    Flag Ransoloon October 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:The line should be "Chased the gringo rustlers through the field"
    Flag bnsfjordanon May 02, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Alright, well two people saying it's the fort is enough to allay my doubts.

    Jugheadchad - i think *you* should do some research, and show it to me, considering that you're so passionate on the subject, and I am not.
    Flag farouhkon January 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Farouhk mentions this is the greatest Eric Burdon ever sounded. That would be correct if it WAS Eric Burdon. He recorded 2 albums with them and left the group. Do some research before you comment.
    Flag jugheadchadon September 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It is Fort! There is a town in South Texas by the name of Rio Grande City. It is a border town right on the Rio Grande river. In Rio Grande City, is Fort Ringgold, used back in the time. This is not the only Fort on the Texas/Mexico border. Just interesting bit of history.
    Flag didamaon March 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:No it's fort, the way it say's in the lyrics.

    Consider the line-The outlaws had us pinned down at the fort

    If it was border, the could just cross right? lol So yeah i don't think it's border because of context of other verses.
    Flag slow_cheetahon March 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Hm. Listening by ear, I think the line is instead:

    We met down on the border; Rio Grande
    We met down on the border; Rio Grande
    Flag farouhkon October 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I was suprised when no one had this up already. This is perhaps the greatest Eric Burdon has ever sounded. I love this song, and it is has the most delicious tendency to get stuck in your head, so you spend a whole day in relaxing outlaw groove.
    Flag farouhkon October 16, 2006   Link

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