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Ballad Of A Small Man
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Marty Robbins
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He was a small man but this man was all man
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He was accustomed to danger
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He knew the badlands, he knew every bad man
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This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger
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Into the township of Pecos he rode
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Everyone noticed this stranger
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Plainly it showed in the way that he rode in
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This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger
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Everyone watched as he climbed from his horse and walked by
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Every eye dropped to the gun hanging low on his side
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The silence was broken, the ranger had spoken
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And these were his words
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I've trailed an outlaw for thirty-six days
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I'm twenty hours behind him
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He's here in town so I'll just be around
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Long as it takes me to find him, find him, find him
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Slowly he turned and he looked down the street
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Then he looked back to the crowd
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Somethin' about him left no room to doubt
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He spoke very little but loud, but loud, but loud
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If it is pity you have for my size
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Save it don't waste it, my friend
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This equalizer I have on my hip
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Makes me as big as the next man, next man, next man
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Then from a door came a curse and they knew at a glance
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The outlaw had stepped to the street to begin his advance
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Women grabbed children, men grabbed their wives
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And thay ran from the street
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Even the soft, gentle breeze became still
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Death had a minute to wait
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Two hands would dive for a Colt forty-five
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One hand would come up too late, too late, too late
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"Go for your gun", was the outlaw's remark
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"Tomorrow you'll sleep neath the stone."
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The ranger replied, "There'll be plenty of time
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After you go for your own, your own, your own. "
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All of a sudden it happened
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Both of then grabbed for a gun
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Both clearing leather, both fired together
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Everyone thought it was one gun, one gun, one gun
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A forty-five slug hit the outlaw and spun him around
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His life was over, he died on his way to the ground
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To our surprise we watched as the ranger
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Took one faltering step
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Slowly he crumbled and fell to the ground
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A bullet was deep in his side
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He looked all around but he spoke not a word
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A faint little smile and he died, he died, he died
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He was a small man but this man was all man
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He was accustomed to danger
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He knew the badlands, he knew every bad man
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This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger
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