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Big Iron

In the style of

Marty Robbins

Lyrics

to the town of
agua fria
rode a stranger
one fine day

hardly spoke
to folks around him
didn't have too much
to say

no one dared
to ask his business
no one dared
to make a slip

the stranger
there among them
had a big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

it was early
in the mornin'
when he rode
into the town
he came ridin'
from the south side
slowly
lookin' all around

he's an outlaw
loose and runnin'
came the whispers
from each lip

and he's here
to do some business
with the big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

in this town
there lived an outlaw
by the name of
texas red
many men had tried
to take him
and that many men
were dead

he was vicious
and a killer
though a youth
of twenty-four

and the notches
on his pistol
numbered one
and nineteen more
one and nineteen more

now the stranger
started talkin'
made it plain
to folks around
was an arizona ranger
wouldn't be
too long in town

he came here
to take an outlaw
back alive
or maybe dead

and he said
it didn't matter
he was after
texas red
after texas red

wasn't long
before the story
was relayed to
texas red

but the outlaw
didn't worry
men that tried before
were dead

twenty men
had tried to take him
twenty men had
made a slip

twenty-one
would be the ranger
with the big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

the morning passed
so quickly
it was time for them
to meet
it was twenty
past eleven
when they walked out
in the street

folks were watchin'
from the windows
everybody
held their breath

they knew this
handsome ranger
was about to meet
his death
about to meet
his death

there was forty feet
between 'em
when they stopped
to make their play
and the swiftness
of the ranger
is still talked about
today

texas red
had not cleared
leather
'fore a bullet
fairly ripped

and the ranger's aim
was deadly
with the big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

it was over in a moment
and the folks
had gathered 'round
there before them
lay the body
of the outlaw
on the ground

oh he might've
went on livin'
but he made
one fatal slip

when he tried
to match the ranger
with the big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

big iron
big iron
when he tried
to match the ranger
with the big iron
on his hip
big iron on his hip

Details

• Duration : 3:55
• Key : C#m
• Genre : Country
• Year released : 1960
• Language : English

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