TO THE TOWN OF
AQUAFRIA
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
'CAUSE THE STRANGER
THERE AMONG THEM
HAD A BIG IRON
ON HIS HIP
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
IT WAS EARLY
IN THE MORNING
WHEN HE RODE
INTO THE TOWN
HE CAME RIDING FROM
THE SOUTH SIDE
SLOWLY LOOKING
ALL AROUND
HE'S AN OUTLAW
WHO'S BEEN RUNNIN'
CAME THE WHISPER
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 AS 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 ALL 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
IT 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 STRANGER
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 THEM
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 HAVE
GONE ON LIVING
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