Billy 4

[Verse 1]

There's guns across the river about to pound you

There's a lawman on your trail like to surround you

Bounty hunters are dancing all around you

Billy, they don't like you to be so free

[Verse 2]

Camping out all night on the veranda

Playing cards till dawn in the hacienda

Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send you

Billy, don't you turn your back on me

[Verse 3]

They say that Pat Garrett's got your number

So sleep with one eye open, when you wander

Every little sound just might be thunder

Thunder from the barrel of his gun

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]

There's always another stranger sneaking glances

Some trigger-happy fool willing to take chances

Some old whore from San Pedro'll make advances

Advances on your spirit and your soul

[Verse 5]

While the businessmen from Taos want you to go down

So they've hired mister Garrett, to force you to slow down

Billy, don't let it make you feel so low down

To be hunted by the man who was your friend

[Verse 6]

So hang on to your woman, if you got one

Remember in El Paso once you shot one

I'll be in Santa Fe about one

Billy, going all alone

[Verse 7]

Gypsy queens will play your grand finale

Down in some Tularosa alley

Down in La Rio Pecas valley

Billy, you're so far away from home

Billy, you're so far away from home