TO THE TOWN OF
AGUA FRIA
RODE A STRANGER
ONE FINE DAY
HARDLY SPOKE
TO FOLKS AROUND HIM
DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH
TO SAY
NO ONE DARED
TO ASK HIS BUSINESS
NO ONE DARED
TO MAKE A SLIP
THE STRANGER
THERE AMONG THEM
HAD A BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
IT WAS EARLY
IN THE MORNIN'
WHEN HE RODE
INTO THE TOWN
HE CAME RIDIN'
FROM THE SOUTH SIDE
SLOWLY
LOOKIN' ALL AROUND
HE'S AN OUTLAW
LOOSE AND RUNNIN'
CAME THE WHISPERS
FROM EACH LIP
AND HE'S HERE
TO DO SOME BUSINESS
WITH THE BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
IN THIS TOWN
THERE LIVED AN OUTLAW
BY THE NAME OF
TEXAS RED
MANY MEN HAD TRIED
TO TAKE HIM
AND THAT MANY MEN
WERE DEAD
HE WAS VICIOUS
AND A KILLER
THOUGH A YOUTH
OF TWENTY-FOUR
AND THE NOTCHES
ON HIS PISTOL
NUMBERED ONE
AND NINETEEN MORE
ONE AND NINETEEN MORE
NOW THE STRANGER
STARTED TALKIN'
MADE IT PLAIN
TO FOLKS AROUND
WAS AN ARIZONA RANGER
WOULDN'T BE
TOO LONG IN TOWN
HE CAME HERE
TO TAKE AN OUTLAW
BACK ALIVE
OR MAYBE DEAD
AND HE SAID
IT DIDN'T MATTER
HE WAS AFTER
TEXAS RED
AFTER TEXAS RED
WASN'T LONG
BEFORE THE STORY
WAS RELAYED TO
TEXAS RED
BUT THE OUTLAW
DIDN'T WORRY
MEN THAT TRIED BEFORE
WERE DEAD
TWENTY MEN
HAD TRIED TO TAKE HIM
TWENTY MEN HAD
MADE A SLIP
TWENTY-ONE
WOULD BE THE RANGER
WITH THE BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
THE MORNING PASSED
SO QUICKLY
IT WAS TIME FOR THEM
TO MEET
IT WAS TWENTY
PAST ELEVEN
WHEN THEY WALKED OUT
IN THE STREET
FOLKS WERE WATCHIN'
FROM THE WINDOWS
EVERYBODY
HELD THEIR BREATH
THEY KNEW THIS
HANDSOME RANGER
WAS ABOUT TO MEET
HIS DEATH
ABOUT TO MEET
HIS DEATH
THERE WAS FORTY FEET
BETWEEN 'EM
WHEN THEY STOPPED
TO MAKE THEIR PLAY
AND THE SWIFTNESS
OF THE RANGER
IS STILL TALKED ABOUT
TODAY
TEXAS RED
HAD NOT CLEARED
LEATHER
'FORE A BULLET
FAIRLY RIPPED
AND THE RANGER'S AIM
WAS DEADLY
WITH THE BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
IT WAS OVER IN A MOMENT
AND THE FOLKS
HAD GATHERED 'ROUND
THERE BEFORE THEM
LAY THE BODY
OF THE OUTLAW
ON THE GROUND
OH HE MIGHT'VE
WENT ON LIVIN'
BUT HE MADE
ONE FATAL SLIP
WHEN HE TRIED
TO MATCH THE RANGER
WITH THE BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON
BIG IRON
WHEN HE TRIED
TO MATCH THE RANGER
WITH THE BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP