Don't Take Your Guns To Town Start

[ti:Don't Take Your Guns To Town] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:The Legend] [offset:0] [00:00.23]Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash [00:06.17]A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm [00:08.98] [00:09.73]A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm [00:14.47]He changed his clothes and shined his boots [00:16.96]And combed his dark hair down [00:19.40]And his mother cried as he walked out [00:22.08]Don't take your guns to town son [00:26.45]Leave your guns at home Bill [00:28.51] [00:29.51]Don't take your guns to town [00:31.50] [00:36.62]He laughed and kissed his mom [00:38.61]And said your Billy Joe's a man [00:41.18] [00:42.49]I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can [00:46.74] [00:47.80]But I wouldn't shoot without a cause [00:50.42]I'd gun nobody down [00:52.49] [00:53.17]But she cried again as he rode away [00:56.54]Don't take your guns to town son [01:01.16]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:03.15] [01:04.40]Don't take your guns to town [01:06.65] [01:11.58]He sang a song as on he rode [01:14.14]His guns hung at his hips [01:16.13] [01:16.88]He rode into a cattle town [01:19.57]A smile upon his lips [01:21.56] [01:22.31]He stopped and walked into a bar [01:25.24]And laid his money down [01:27.11] [01:27.74]But his mother's words echoed again [01:30.17] [01:30.73]Don't take your guns to town son [01:35.85]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:37.91] [01:40.28]Don't take your guns to town [01:41.83] [01:46.82]He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand [01:50.13]And tried to tell himself he had become a man [01:56.43] [01:57.18]A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down [02:00.17]And he heard again his mothers words [02:06.26] [02:07.57]Don't take your guns to town son [02:11.31]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:13.24] [02:14.81]Don't take your guns to town [02:17.11] [02:22.29]Filled with rage then [02:23.48]Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw [02:27.22]But the stranger drew his gun and fired [02:29.66]Before he even saw [02:32.03] [02:32.53]As Billy Joe fell to the floor [02:35.33]The crowd all gathered round [02:37.95]And wondered at his final words [02:40.26] [02:42.45]Don't take your guns to town son [02:46.44]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:49.38]Don't take your guns to town [02:52.24]