I'm Not There movie - Billy lyrics

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Song by Los Lobos<br /><br>

There's guns across the river aimin' at ya <br>

Lawman on your trail, he'd like to catch ya <br>

Bounty hunters, too, they'd like to get ya <br>

Billy, they don't like you to be so free. <br>

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Campin' out all night on the berenda <br>

Dealin' cards 'til dawn in the hacienda <br>

Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send ya <br>

Billy, don't you turn your back on me. <br>

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Playin' around with some sweet senorita <br>

Into her dark hallway she will lead ya <br>

In some lonesome shadows she will greet ya <br>

Billy, you're so far away from home. <br>

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There's eyes behind the mirrors in empty places <br>

Bullet holes and scars between the spaces <br>

There's always one more notch and ten more paces <br>

Billy, and you're walkin' all alone. <br>

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They say that Pat Garrett's got your number <br>

So sleep with one eye open when you slumber <br>

Every little sound just might be thunder <br>

Thunder from the barrel of his gun. <br>

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Guitars will play your grand finale <br>

Down in some Tularosa alley, <br>

Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley <br>

Billy, you're so far away from home. <br>

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There's always some new stranger sneakin' glances <br>

Some trigger-happy fool willin' to take chances <br>

And some old whore from San Pedro to make advances <br>

Advances on your spirit and your soul. <br>

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The businessmen from Taos want you to go down <br>

They've hired Pat Garrett to force a showdown. <br>

Billy, don't it make ya feel so low-down <br>

To be shot down by the man who was your friend? <br>

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Hang on to your woman if you got one <br>

Remember in El Paso, once, you shot one. <br>

She may have been a whore, but she was a hot one <br>

Billy, you been runnin' for so long. <br>

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Guitars will play your grand finale <br>

Down in some Tularosa alley <br>

Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley <br>

Billy, you're so far away from home<br>

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