John Robitaille and I made this song some years ago...I opted to resurrect it
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WELL IT’S BEEN SOME YEARS SINCE I SAW THE FEAR IN THAT YANKEE’S EYE SEEING HIS FATE…JUST A TWITCH ON THE TRIGGER ANYONE FIGURE THIS FELLOW DUE HOME DON’T WAIT UP LATE…WELL I RIFLED HIS COAT WHEN HE ALL DONE DIED PULLED OUT A NOTE WITH A GOLD CHAIN AND LOCKET FOLDED INSIDE…NOW IT READ “JIM, THIS IN YOUR CARE TO BRING HOME SAFE FOR JULIE TO WEAR WHEN SHE COME 16”…SAID MORE BUT A TEAR BE FOUGHT REALIZING HOW MANY FOLKS I JUST SHOT.
30 DAY RIDE AND A LOT MORE STILL TILL I GET FAR ENOUGH FROM CHANCELLORSVILLE…I GOTTA FIND A TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOTHIN GET A ROOM GET A WHORE STAY DRUNK A WHILE
IN A NO-NAME TOWN IN WHALE OIL LIGHT SO I SEEK RELIEF FROM THE NEW MEXICAN NIGHT IN A SHABBY HOTEL WITH A COUPLE SENIORITAS RAILROAD WHISKEY NEVER TASTED SO VILE
TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA, ALL OF TEXAS STILL A WAYS TO ARIZONA…I SEE THE NORTH STAR, MY COMPASS IS SET…I WENT TO WAR TO DIE, I’M GOING WEST TO FORGET
WOKE UP SO DRUNK I PISSED THE SHEET, I HEARD SHOUTS OF LAWBREAKING DOWN IN THE STREET, I CHANGED HEADED OUT DRESSED MY MAN MADE TIME…SOME MEAN LOOKING MAN BOY SHOVED HIS FACE IN MINE…SAID STRANGER, YOU MUST HAVE AN APPETITE FOR DANGER COMING ROUND WHEN BILLY BONNEY’S GOT NEW BOOTS ON THE GROUND…SWAGGERING RASCAL PROUD OF HIS KILLING…I WANT TO CUT HIM DOWN BUT MY HEART WEREN’T WILLING…ON MY HORSE WALKING WEST HE’S LAUGHING I’M YELLOW… START A CANTER SHOW MY BACK LEFT HIM IN MY TRACKS
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