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The Fastest Gun Around
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Marty Robbins
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In the days of William Bonney, better known as Bill the Kid
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A young cowboy named Joey Steel was 'bout to make his bid
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Well, he heard one day that Bill the Kid, had just rode into town
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And if he could take him, he would be the fastest gun around
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He was just a kid of seventeen but he had a lightin' hand
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And he said it's time I showed the world that I've become a man
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Everyone thinks Billy is the fastest gun around
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But they will know, I'm faster when they see me shoot him down
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They finally came together down on Main Street just at five
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The people were all gathered wonderin' who'd be left alive
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Billy knew that Joey wanted notches on his gun
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And he wished that he could give him those he'd carved upon his own
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Joey's hand went to his side, he was sure that he had won
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But before he even fired, he saw the smoke of Billy's gun
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And he felt the bullet hit him hard and before his eyes he saw
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His wasted life pass quickly ending with this fatal draw
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Billy breathed more easily and he put away his gun
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And he tried to ease his conscience for the wrong that he had done
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Then he saddled up his horse and headed Westward out of town
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And he wondered just how long he'd be the fastest gun around
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