Don't Take Your Guns To Town-C.A.S.H.

[ti:Don't Take Your Guns To Town] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:The Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Take Your Guns To Town - C.A.S.H. [00:06.16]A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm [00:08.97] [00:09.72]A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm [00:14.46]He changed his clothes and shined his boots [00:16.95]And combed his dark hair down [00:19.39]And his mother cried as he walked out [00:22.07]Don't take your guns to town son [00:26.44]Leave your guns at home Bill [00:28.50] [00:29.50]Don't take your guns to town [00:31.49] [00:36.61]He laughed and kissed his mom [00:38.60]And said your Billy Joe's a man [00:41.17] [00:42.48]I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can [00:46.73] [00:47.79]But I wouldn't shoot without a cause [00:50.41]I'd gun nobody down [00:52.48] [00:53.16]But she cried again as he rode away [00:56.53]Don't take your guns to town son [01:01.15]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:03.14] [01:04.39]Don't take your guns to town [01:06.64] [01:11.57]He sang a song as on he rode [01:14.13]His guns hung at his hips [01:16.12] [01:16.87]He rode into a cattle town [01:19.56]A smile upon his lips [01:21.55] [01:22.30]He stopped and walked into a bar [01:25.23]And laid his money down [01:27.10] [01:27.73]But his mother's words echoed again [01:30.16] [01:30.72]Don't take your guns to town son [01:35.84]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:37.90] [01:40.27]Don't take your guns to town [01:41.82] [01:46.81]He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand [01:50.12]And tried to tell himself he had become a man [01:56.42] [01:57.17]A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down [02:00.16]And he heard again his mothers words [02:06.25] [02:07.56]Don't take your guns to town son [02:11.30]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:13.23] [02:14.80]Don't take your guns to town [02:17.10] [02:22.28]Filled with rage then [02:23.47]Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw [02:27.21]But the stranger drew his gun and fired [02:29.65]Before he even saw [02:32.52]As Billy Joe fell to the floor [02:35.32]The crowd all gathered round [02:37.94]And wondered at his final words [02:40.25] [02:42.44]Don't take your guns to town son [02:46.43]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:49.37]Don't take your guns to town