As written the song included the lines: "Now the people in the valley swear/ That when the moon's just right/ They see the Texan and his woman/ Ride across the clouds at night", which Sherrill preferred not to record feeling the track would run too long. Seals stated that "We tried to make ethereal but also believable". Seven Spanish Angels is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. This is followed by "thunder from the throne" and the angels "tak another angel home". After each death, the titular angels gather to pray for the lovers. She tearfully prays, "Father, please forgive me I can't make it without my man." She deliberately points the empty weapon at the lawmen and is then shot dead. He is immediately shot and killed, prompting his distraught lover to pick up his rifle. The gunfight then commences, with the outlaw firing upon the posse. In 1 Enoch 20, the Greek text has seven angels: Uriel, Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Sariel, Gabriel, and Remeiel (missing in the Ethiopic text, see OTP 1:2324). In Testament of Levi 8, Levi sees seven men clothed in white who prepare him to be a priest. Before the final gunfight, the two embrace, speaking of their belief that God will spare them. The tradition of seven archangels is present in the apocryphal book of Tobit. When they are cornered, they decide to fight the approaching lawmen. The song is about an outlaw and his lover who are trying to outrun a posse sent to return them to Texas. Sherrill proposed that Nelson and Charles duet on the song after learning of Nelson's having reserved it. Before Nelson was able to record it, producer Billy Sherrill happened to hear the demo and wanted the song for Ray Charles. " Within two days "Seven Spanish Angels" had been successfully pitched to Willie Nelson. Setser had suggested the title "Seven Spanish Angels" and he and Seals had written the song as a homage to the tejano flavored classic hits of Marty Robbins exemplified by Robbins' career record " El Paso" (Troy Seals quote): "When we finished it we thought 'Who in the world's gonna do it?' because Marty was. The single spent one week at number one and a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. "Seven Spanish Angels" was the most successful of Charles' eight hits on the country chart. It was also included on Nelson's 1985 compilation album Half Nelson. Charles and Nelson split the verses, with Charles singing the first and Nelson the second, Charles sang the first and second choruses with Nelson joining for the outro. It was released in November 1984 as a single from Charles' 1984 album Friendship. " Seven Spanish Angels" is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. A7 She said, 'Father, please forgive me, D I can't. Verse D She reached down and picked the gun up, A That lay smoking in his hand. 1984 single by Ray Charles with Willie Nelson "Seven Spanish Angels" Provided to YouTube by IIP-DDSSeven Spanish Angels Willie Nelson and Ray CharlesCountry's Greatest Hits PMIReleased on: Artist. D And the Seven Spanish Angels, A D Took another Angel home.
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