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Don't Take Your Guns To Town

In the style of

Johnny Cash

Lyrics

a young cowboy
named billy joe
grew restless
on the farm

a boy filled
with wanderlust
who really
meant no harm

he changed
his clothes and
shined his boots
and combed his
dark hair down
and his mother cried
as he walked out

don't take your
guns to town son
leave your guns
at home bill
don't take your
guns to town

he laughed and
kissed his mom
and said
your billy joe's a man
i can shoot as
quick and straight
as anybody can

but i wouldn't shoot
without a cause
i'd gun nobody down
but she cried again
as he rode away

don't take your
guns to town son
leave your guns
at home bill
don't take your
guns to town

he sang a song
as on he rode
his guns hung
at his hips
he rode into
a cattle town
a smile upon his lips

he stopped and
walked into a bar
and laid his
money down
but his
mother's words
echoed again

don't take your
guns to town son
leave your guns
at home bill
don't take your
guns to town

he drank his first
strong liquor then
to calm his
shaking hand
and tried to
tell himself at last
he had become a man

a dusty cowpoke
at his side
began to
laugh him down
and he heard again
his mother's words

don't take your
guns to town son
leave your guns
at home bill
don't take your
guns to town

filled with rage then
billy joe reached
for his gun to draw
but the stranger
drew his gun and fired
before he even saw

as billy joe fell
to the floor
the crowd all
gathered 'round
and wondered at
his final words

don't take your
guns to town son
leave your guns
at home bill
don't take your
guns to town

Details

  • Duration : 3:04
  • Key : Bb
  • Genre : Country
  • Year released : 1959
  • Language : English

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