Written by Jon Wolfe, Dave Brainard, & Tony Ramey
The name of the house where we wrote the majority of this album was called, “Dos Corazones”, which means Two Hearts in Spanish. The house is located in the desert outside of a town called Terlingua, Texas. Naturally, I wanted to write a song called, “Two Hearts in Terlingua”, but I never imagined it would be a Western.
As Dave, Tony, and I started kicking ideas around for the song, it wasn’t long before it became apparent that song should be nothing other than an epic western tale. So many influences played a role in writing this song…Big Bend, The Chihuahuan Desert, the eeriness of the little cemetery in the ghost town of Terlingua, the wide open spaces, and the big sky loaded with stars at night.
I’ve never been a part of writing a Western, but if there ever was a time and a place, this was it. This is the heart of the album. It’s the old, rusty lantern guiding you through the abandoned gold mine of Dos Corazones. A Texas ghost town 1865.
(Intro)
A full moon cast a shadow cross the mountain
Of an old Texas ghost town 1865
Where he swore this one last run then he’s done forever and she’d be his bride
On a painted horse at midnight he left her cryin’
To rendezvous with a union wagon train
That was loaded with a cache of payroll gold mint he aimed to claim
As he rode on through the starlit dust before him her love remained
(Chorus)
There’s Two hearts in Terlingua carved onto a stone
The legend round here lingers of the Dos Corazones
He was just an old bandito who stole a young girls hand
Two hearts in Terlingua
Who’s love will never end
(Verse)
Now the story goes the train was fast and guarded
But his horse was strong and his aim was tried and true
So he fled with gold filled bags and a band of law men in pursuit
He was in a hidden cave out in the big bend
Where a half Comanche Ranger tracked him down
The sting of missing her went even deeper than that silver round
And he took off like an eagle flying high as his blood ran out
(Chorus)
See There’s Two hearts in Terlingua carved onto a stone
The legend round here lingers of the Dos Corazones
He was just an old bandito who stole a young girls hand
Two hearts in Terlingua
Who’s love will never end
Viejas say the wind it drove her crazy
Cause all she heard was his voice when it moaned
Her silhouette was last seen on the mesa and she was gone
Her mother cried and cursed her outlaw lover
Who left her there to bear her pain that way
So she carved out a marker for her daughter without a grave
One heart for the young girl and then one for the unborn babe
(Chorus)
So There's See There’s Two hearts in Terlingua carved onto a stone
The legend round here lingers of the Dos Corazones
He was just an old bandito who stole a young girls hand
Two hearts in Terlingua
Who’s love will never end
