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Thereâs guns across the river aiminâ at ya
Lawman on your trail, heâd like to catch ya
Bounty hunters, too, theyâd like to get ya
Billy, they donât like you to be so free
Campinâ out all night on the berenda
Dealinâ cards âtil dawn in the hacienda
Up to Boot Hill theyâd like to send ya
Billy, donât you turn your back on me
Playinâ around with some sweet señorita
Into her dark hallway she will lead ya
In some lonesome shadows she will greet ya
Billy, youâre so far away from home
Thereâs eyes behind the mirrors in empty places
Bullet holes and scars between the spaces
Thereâs always one more notch and ten more paces
Billy, and youâre walkinâ all alone
They say that Pat Garrettâs got your number
So sleep with one eye open when you slumber
Every little sound just might be thunder
Thunder from the barrel of his gun
Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, youâre so far away from home
Thereâs always some new stranger sneakinâ glances
Some trigger-happy fool willinâ to take chances
And some old whore from San Pedro to make advances
Advances on your spirit and your soul
The businessmen from Taos want you to go down
Theyâve hired Pat Garrett to force a showdown
Billy, donât it make ya feel so low-down
To be shot down by the man who was your friend?
Hang on to your woman if you got one
Remember in El Paso, once, you shot one
She may have been a whore, but she was a hot one
Billy, you been runninâ for so long
Guitars will play your grand finale
Down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos valley
Billy, youâre so far away from home
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- Fallen Angels
- Shadows in the Night
- GASLIGHT, NYC, SEPT. 6TH, 1961
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait...
- Tempest
- Miscellaneous
- Before The Flood
- Together Through Life
- Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
- Christmas In The Heart
- Modern Times
- No Direction Home: The Soundtrack - The Bootleg Series...
- "Love and Theft"
- Live 1966-bootleg Series Vol. 4
- Time Out of Mind
- Natural Born Killers
- World Gone Wrong
- Good As I Been To You