Billy The Kid - Chris Ledoux

In the southern part of Texas, east and west of El Paso

Where the mighty Franklin Mountains guard the trail to Mexico

Theres a new made widow cryin' and a hearse a-rollin slow

And I guess that Devil’s passed this way again

Theres a lathered sorrel stallion runnin through the Joshua Trees

A young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze

Got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knee

And he’s dealin' in a game that he can’t win

Poor Billy Bonney, you’re only twenty-one

Pat Garrett’s got your name on every bullet in his gun

Each notch you carved on your six-gun's got a bloody tale to tell

Well, you’re a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of hell

Them fancy clothes you’re wearin' and the women in your bed

Can’t take away the faces of the men that you left dead

As you ride across the badlands with a price upon your head

Now that wheel of fortune starts to turn

Your reputation’s grown 'til its the biggest in the land

And there ain’t a lot of people left who wanna call your hand

And I guess you’ll go down shootin' just like all branded men

And when you shake hands with the Devil you get burned

Poor Billy Bonney, you’re only twenty-one

Pat Garrett’s got your name on every bullet in his gun

Each notch you carved on your six-gun's got a bloody tale to tell

Well, you’re a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of hell

Poor Billy Bonney, you’re only twenty-one

Pat Garrett’s got your name on every bullet in his gun

Each notch you carved on your six-gun's got a bloody tale to tell

You’re a mile ahead of Garrett and a step outside of hell