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By Brian Burns

"This song was written and recorded for my 2001 album, The Eagle & The Snake: Songs Of The Texians. It, along with some other tunes, didn't make it onto that album for various reasons - this song's exclusion being based on its tempo and the record's not needing two songs about Goliad. After issuing Angels & Outlaws in 1999, I regretted (a) the cover art, and (b) the redundancy of two versions of Welcome To Texas. I have integrated these nagging problems into a solution I hope you will like: Angels & Outlaws now has a new package design and a bonus track which relates to both albums and, I hope, helps tie them together, to some degree, along the generally quirky thread of my life and muse. Hah!"

The Angel of Goliad

Some days I remember, some days I forget
every notch on my pistol, and not one damn regret.
Oh, but I’ve come a long way from the old dreams I had.
Thank God for the whiskey and the Angel of Goliad.

We were meant to be martyrs in a war of ideals,
but now all is peaceful in the forts and the fields
except when the night winds blow lonesome and sad.
Thank God for the whiskey and the Angel of Goliad.

Sometimes I hear hoof beats out there in the dark
like old Santa Anna ridin’ in from New York,
oh, and I curse the bastard; people think I’ve gone mad.
Thank God for the whiskey and the Angel of Goliad.

Now I’m just an old man and my best days are gone.
Nobody knows me and it’s time to move on.
This whole world is changin’ for good and for bad.
Thank God for the whiskey and the Angel of Goliad.

Some days I remember, some days...I forget.

Brian Burns

For more information about Brian Burns go to www.brianburnsmusic.com