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In the days of William Bonney |
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Better know as Bill the Kid |
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A young cowboy named Joey Steele |
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Was 'bout to make his bid. |
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Well, they heard one day |
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That Bill the Kid just rode into town |
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And if he could take him |
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He would be fastest gun around. |
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He was just a kid of seventeen |
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But he had a lightin' hand |
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And he said it's time I showed the world |
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That I've become a man. |
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Everyone thinks Billy is |
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The fastest gun around |
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But they will know I'm faster |
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When they see me shoot him down. |
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They finally came together |
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Down on Main Street just at five |
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The people were all gathered |
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Wonderin' who'd be left alive. |
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Billy knew that Joey wanted |
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Notches on his gun |
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And he wished that he could give him |
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Those he'd carved upon his own. |
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Joey's hand went to his side |
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He was sure that he had won |
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But before he even fired he saw |
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The smoke of Billy's gun. |
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And he felt the bullet hit him hard |
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And before his eyes he saw |
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His wasted life pass quickly |
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Ending with this fatal draw. |
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Billy breathed more easily |
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And he put away his gun |
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And he tried to ease his conscience |
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For the wrong that he had done. |
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Then he saddled up his horse |
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And headed westward out of town |
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And he wondered just how long he'd be |
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The fastest gun around... |