Big Iron - Michael Martin Murphey.mp3

[00:06.57]To the town of Agua Fria, rode a stranger one fine day
[00:12.78]Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
[00:18.90]No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
[00:23.43]For the stranger there among 'em had a big iron on his hip
[00:27.84]Big iron on his hip
[00:32.49]It was early in the mornin' when he rode into town
[00:38.61]He came ridin' from the south side, slowly lookin' all around
[00:42.48]"He's an outlaw, loose and runnin'", came a whisper from each lip
[00:48.72]"He's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
[00:53.58]Big iron on his hip"
[00:58.26]In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
[01:04.26]Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
[01:10.44]He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty-four
[01:14.70]And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more
[01:18.18]One and nineteen more
[01:23.67]Now the stranger started talkin', made it plain to folks around
[01:30.00]Was an Arizonia ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
[01:36.21]He came there to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
[01:40.83]Said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red, after Texas Red
[01:49.74]Wasn't long before this story was relayed to Texas Red
[01:55.83]But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead
[02:03.06]Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip
[02:07.17]Twenty-one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[02:11.91]Big iron on his hip
[02:16.74]The mornin' past so quickly, it was time for them to meet
[02:22.71]It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street
[02:28.86]Folks were watchin' from their windows, every body held their breath
[02:33.30]They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
[02:37.83]About to meet his death
[02:42.33]There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play
[02:48.63]And the swiftness of the Ranger is still talked about today
[02:54.84]Texas Red had not cleared leather for a bullet fairly ripped
[02:59.19]And the ranger's aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip
[03:03.72]Big iron on his hip
[03:08.43]It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered 'round
[03:14.61]There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
[03:20.79]Oh, he might have gone on livin' but he made one fatal slip
[03:25.05]When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[03:29.70]Big iron on his hip
[03:34.32]Big iron, big iron
[03:38.61]When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
[03:43.95]Big iron on his hip