(Clarke)
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Big tall man standing in the street
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Gun hanging by his side
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Just one man that he'd like to meet
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That's when I began to hide
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I recognised him from the face of his son
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The hate in his eye didn't lie
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And what I did can't be undone
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Borrowed time there's none to buy
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Well I hid round the back of a derelict shack
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Ain't looking for a mad showdown
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But he was smart, he'd already checked
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A week in advance I'd paid down
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Well the hotel clerk was a fun-loving man
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The job he had it didn't pay
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He told all about what happened that night
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There he is, that's the one's all he'd say
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Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
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On my bad neighbours doors
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Crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
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Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly,
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He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
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Big tall man standing in the street
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Now a hand hovering ready to slide
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Drew out his gun it wasn't for fun
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Let me in there's nowhere to hide
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Well I made my play but it wasn't my day
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I felt the ripping lead
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That's when I knew my time was through
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Rest in peace were the last words he said
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Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
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On my bad neighbours doors
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Crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
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Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly,
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He's gonna shoot your sherriff down
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Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
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On my bad neighbours doors
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Crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly
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Let me in I gotta hide
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Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
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No one to protect our town
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Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly,
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He's gonna shoot your sherriff down
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The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
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| The Hollies |
