Don't Take Your Guns To Town

Don't take your guns to town son... He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand And he tried to tell himself at last he'd become a man A dust cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down And he heard again his mother's words Don't take your guns to town son... Bill was raged and 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 Don't take your guns to town son...