The Last Gunfighter Ballad-Guy Clark

[ti:The Last Gunfighter Ballad] [ar:Guy Clark] [al:The Essential Guy Clark] [by:] [offset:500] [00:00.00]The Last Gunfighter Ballad - Guy Clark [00:06.73]The old gunfighter on the porch [00:08.54] [00:09.79]Stared into the sun [00:11.73] [00:12.54]And relived the days of living by the gun [00:17.90] [00:19.09]When deadly games of pride were played [00:21.34] [00:22.08]And living was mistakes not made [00:24.52] [00:25.14]And the thought of the smell of the black powder smoke [00:27.83]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [00:31.13]Ah the smell of the black powder smoke [00:33.94]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [00:36.69] [00:38.68]It's always keep your back to the sun [00:41.06]And he can almost feel the weight of the gun [00:44.93]It's faster than snakes or the blink of an eye [00:47.49] [00:48.11]And it's a time for all slow men to die [00:50.23] [00:50.79]And his eyes get squinty and his fingers twitch [00:53.35] [00:53.98]And he empties the gun at the son of a bitch [00:56.97]And he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke [00:59.78]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [01:02.46] [01:03.34]Hit by the smell of the black powder smoke [01:06.02]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [01:08.95] [01:11.26]Now the burn of a bullet is only a scar [01:13.44] [01:14.01]He's back in his chair in front of the bar [01:16.50] [01:17.06]And the streets are empty and the blood's all dried [01:20.43]And the dead are dust and the whiskey's inside [01:23.30]So buy him a drink and lend him an ear [01:26.36]He's nobody's fool and the only one here [01:29.31]Who remembers the smell of the black powder smoke [01:32.37]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [01:35.23] [01:35.86]Remember the smell of the black powder smoke [01:38.54]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [01:41.16] [01:43.22]He said I stood in that street before it was paved [01:45.65] [01:46.28]Learned shoot or be shot before I could shave [01:49.87]And I did it all for the money and fame [01:52.37] [01:53.06]Noble was nothing but feeling no shame [01:55.30] [01:55.86]And nothing was sacred but stayin' alive [01:58.17] [01:58.80]And all that I learned from a Colt 45 [02:01.79]Was to curse the smell of the black powder smoke [02:04.54]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [02:07.28] [02:08.22]Curse the smell of the black powder smoke [02:10.78]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [02:13.27] [02:15.83]Now he's just an old man that no one believes [02:19.08]Says he's a gunfighter the last of the breed [02:22.01]And there are ghosts in the street seeking revenge [02:24.51] [02:25.07]Calling him out to the lunatic fringe [02:28.25]Now he's out in the traffic checking the sun [02:30.68] [02:31.31]And he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun [02:34.30]So much for the smell of the black powder smoke [02:37.17]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [02:39.98] [02:40.54]So much for the smell of the black powder smoke [02:43.54]And the stand in the street at the turn of a joke