Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins - Tall Handsome Stranger lyrics

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A 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

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