Big Iron
(专辑: Cowboy Songs III: Rhymes Of The Renegades - 1993)
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 For the
stranger there among 'em had a
big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was early in the
morning when he rode into town He came riding from the
south side, slowly looking all around "He's an outlaw, loose and runnin'", came a
whisper from each lip "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 talking, made it plain to folks around Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn't be too long in town He came there to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead Said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red, after Texas Red Wasn't long before this 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 past so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the
street Folks were watching from their windows, every body held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the
swiftness of the
Ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather for 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 have gone on living 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