Big Iron - Album Version Lyrics

Song	Big Iron - Album Version
Artist	Marty Robbins
Album	Columbia Country Classics Volume 3: Americana
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[00:06.18]	To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
[00:12.61]	Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
[00:18.74]	No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
[00:23.37]	The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
[00:27.65]	big iron on his hip
[00:32.55]	It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
[00:38.58]	He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around
[00:44.88]	"He's an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip
[00:49.21]	"And he's here to do some business with a big iron on his hip “
[00:53.62]	big iron on his hip"
[00:58.41]	In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
[01:04.57]	Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
[01:10.63]	He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four
[01:14.98]	And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more,
[01:19.38]	one and nineteen more
[01:24.22]	Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around
[01:30.37]	Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
[01:36.56]	He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
[01:41.40]	And he said it didn't matter that he was after Texas Red,
[01:45.69]	after Texas Red
[01:50.48]	Wasn't long before this story was relayed to Texas Red
[01:56.59]	But the outlaw didn't worry, men who tried before were dead
[02:03.58]	Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip,
[02:07.85]	Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[02:12.45]	big iron on his hip
[02:17.65]	now the morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet
[02:23.97]	It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street
[02:29.77]	Folks were watchin' from their windows,
[02:31.57]	every body held their breath
[02:34.00]	They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death,
[02:38.41]	about to meet his death
[02:43.41]	There was twenty feet between them
[02:45.89]	when they stopped to make their play
[02:49.63]	And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today
[02:55.87]	Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
[03:00.20]	And the ranger's aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip,
[03:04.59]	big iron on his hip
[03:09.48]	It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered 'round
[03:15.79]	There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
[03:21.91]	Oh, he might have went on livin' but he made one fatal slip
[03:26.31]	When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[03:30.76]	big iron on his hip
[03:35.54]	Big iron, big iron,
[03:39.91]	Oh he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[03:44.28]	Big iron on his hip

[00:06.18]	To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
[00:12.61]	Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn' t have too much to say
[00:18.74]	No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
[00:23.37]	The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
[00:27.65]	big iron on his hip
[00:32.55]	It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
[00:38.58]	He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around
[00:44.88]	" He' s an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip
[00:49.21]	" And he' s here to do some business with a big iron on his hip "
[00:53.62]	big iron on his hip"
[00:58.41]	In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
[01:04.57]	Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
[01:10.63]	He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four
[01:14.98]	And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more,
[01:19.38]	one and nineteen more
[01:24.22]	Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around
[01:30.37]	Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn' t be too long in town
[01:36.56]	He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
[01:41.40]	And he said it didn' t matter that he was after Texas Red,
[01:45.69]	after Texas Red
[01:50.48]	Wasn' t long before this story was relayed to Texas Red
[01:56.59]	But the outlaw didn' t worry, men who tried before were dead
[02:03.58]	Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip,
[02:07.85]	Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[02:12.45]	big iron on his hip
[02:17.65]	now the morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet
[02:23.97]	It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street
[02:29.77]	Folks were watchin' from their windows,
[02:31.57]	every body held their breath
[02:34.00]	They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death,
[02:38.41]	about to meet his death
[02:43.41]	There was twenty feet between them
[02:45.89]	when they stopped to make their play
[02:49.63]	And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today
[02:55.87]	Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
[03:00.20]	And the ranger' s aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip,
[03:04.59]	big iron on his hip
[03:09.48]	It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered ' round
[03:15.79]	There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
[03:21.91]	Oh, he might have went on livin' but he made one fatal slip
[03:26.31]	When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[03:30.76]	big iron on his hip
[03:35.54]	Big iron, big iron,
[03:39.91]	Oh he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[03:44.28]	Big iron on his hip

[00:06.18]	To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
[00:12.61]	Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn' t have too much to say
[00:18.74]	No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
[00:23.37]	The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
[00:27.65]	big iron on his hip
[00:32.55]	It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
[00:38.58]	He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around
[00:44.88]	" He' s an outlaw loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip
[00:49.21]	" And he' s here to do some business with a big iron on his hip "
[00:53.62]	big iron on his hip"
[00:58.41]	In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
[01:04.57]	Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
[01:10.63]	He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four
[01:14.98]	And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more,
[01:19.38]	one and nineteen more
[01:24.22]	Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around
[01:30.37]	Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn' t be too long in town
[01:36.56]	He was here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
[01:41.40]	And he said it didn' t matter that he was after Texas Red,
[01:45.69]	after Texas Red
[01:50.48]	Wasn' t long before this story was relayed to Texas Red
[01:56.59]	But the outlaw didn' t worry, men who tried before were dead
[02:03.58]	Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip,
[02:07.85]	Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[02:12.45]	big iron on his hip
[02:17.65]	now the morning past so quickly and it was time for them to meet
[02:23.97]	It was twenty past eleven when they rode out in the street
[02:29.77]	Folks were watchin' from their windows,
[02:31.57]	every body held their breath
[02:34.00]	They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death,
[02:38.41]	about to meet his death
[02:43.41]	There was twenty feet between them
[02:45.89]	when they stopped to make their play
[02:49.63]	And the swiftness of the Ranger still talked about today
[02:55.87]	Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped
[03:00.20]	And the ranger' s aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip,
[03:04.59]	big iron on his hip
[03:09.48]	It was over in a moment and the crowd all gathered ' round
[03:15.79]	There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
[03:21.91]	Oh, he might have went on livin' but he made one fatal slip
[03:26.31]	When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip,
[03:30.76]	big iron on his hip
[03:35.54]	Big iron, big iron,
[03:39.91]	Oh he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[03:44.28]	Big iron on his hip

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