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JOHNNY CASH lyrics : "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"

A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and shined his boots

And combed his dark hair down
And his mother cried as he walked out


[Chorus]
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home Bill

Don't take your guns to town

He laughed and kissed his mom

And said your Billy Joe's a man
I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can
But I wouldn't shoot without a cause

I'd gun nobody down
But she cried again as he rode away


[Chorus]
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home Bill

Don't take your guns to town

He sang a song as on he rode

His guns hung at his hips
He rode into a cattle town
A smile upon his lips

He stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down
But his mother's words echoed again


[Chorus]
Don't take your guns to town son

Leave your guns at home Bill
Don't take your guns to town


He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself he had become a man
A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down

And he heard again his mothers words

[Chorus]

Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home Bill
Don't take your guns to town


Filled with rage then
Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw

But the stranger drew his gun and fired
Before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor

The crowd all gathered 'round
And wondered at his final words


[Chorus]
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home Bill

Don't take your guns to town

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