Marty Robbins - Tall Handsome Stranger lyrics
rate meA tall handsome stranger rode into town<br />
With fire in his eyes burning red as sundown<br />
His boots were all dusty, his coat open wide<br />
Six ways of dying hung low on his side<br />
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He went in the town hall asking for me<br />
They told him that I was still town deputy<br />
I sent him to prison to pay for his crime<br />
He killed a guard on the Sante Fe line<br />
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He spread word around town that my time had come<br />
My notch was already carved on his gun<br />
He's laughing and braggin and having his fun<br />
It's all a show for he knows I won't run<br />
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That night in silence the town was asleep<br />
I sat by my window and looked down the street<br />
I wished in my heart that he would just ride away<br />
I hated to face him next sunup that day<br />
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I met him at sunup, the crowd gathered round<br />
Waitin and watching for one to go down<br />
He grabbed for his six gun, tryin his best<br />
He cursed as my bullet went deep in his chest<br />
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He stood there a moment and looked all around<br />
Slowly and lifeless he fell to the ground<br />
The stranger's my brother, born an outlaw<br />
He must have forgotton I taught him to draw<br />
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The whole town was waiting and I was alone<br />
The blood that I spilled was just like my own<br />
When she hears this story, how Mother will cry<br />
Brother 'gainst brother and one had to die
