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A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wanderlust 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
Dont take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Dont
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
Dont take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Dont
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
Dont take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Dont
take
your
guns
to
town
He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself
At last he had become a man
A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mothers words
Dont take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Dont
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
Dont take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Dont
take
your
guns
to
town
- Album:
- All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
- Out Among the Stars
- Miscellaneous
- CASH
- American V: A Hundred Highways
- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- American III: Solitary Man
- American Recordings
- Hymns By Johnny Cash
- American V: A Hunderd Highways
- The Definitive Collection
- At Folsom Prison
- Johnny Cash Remixed
- Cash Unearthed
- Personal File
- Ring Of Fire
- VH1 Storytellers
- The Essential Johnny Cash
- Radio 2 - 1000 Klassiekers Vol. 2
- Man in Black: Live in Denmark 1971