The Killer-Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie

[ti:The Killer] [ar:Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie] [al:Passing Through] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]The Killer - Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie [00:00.20]Written by：Words/traditional Music/Gil Houston [00:00.30] [00:04.12]Dobe bill he went a riding [00:06.28]Through the canyon in the glow [00:07.64] [00:08.46]Of a quiet sunday morning [00:10.20]From the town of angelo [00:13.47] [00:14.24]Ridin' easy on that pinto [00:16.21]That he dearly loved to straddle [00:18.26]With a six gun and sombrero [00:20.10]That was wider than his saddle [00:22.46] [00:24.00]And he's hummin' as he's goin' [00:26.16]Of a simple little song [00:28.20]That's a boomin' through the cactus [00:30.22]As he's gallopin' along [00:31.88] [00:35.03]Oh I've rid from san antony [00:36.96]Through the mesquite and the sand [00:38.86]I'm a rarin' flarin' bucko [00:40.92]Not afraid to play my hand [00:43.78] [00:44.49]Well I'm a hootin' shootin' demon [00:46.92]And to have my little fun [00:48.64]On my pinto called apache [00:50.63] [00:51.50]And adolphus that's my gun [00:54.45] [00:56.04]Well straight to santa fe he drifted [00:58.29]And he mills around the town [00:59.86] [01:00.40]Sorta gittin' of his bearin's [01:02.30]As he pours his liquor down [01:04.96] [01:05.99]But he's watchin' always watchin' [01:08.07]Every hombre in the place [01:09.58] [01:10.80]Like he's mebbe sorta lookin' [01:12.92]For some certain hombre's face [01:14.99] [01:18.54]Then one night he saunters careless [01:20.55]To the place of monte sam [01:22.07] [01:23.37]And he does a bit of playin' [01:25.19]Like he doesn't give a damn [01:26.85] [01:28.91]Then all at once it's hushed and quiet [01:31.12]Like a calm before the blow [01:33.11]And the crowd is tense and nervous [01:34.98]And the playin stopped and slow [01:38.13] [01:40.71]At the bar a man is standin' [01:42.56]Sneerin' as his glances lay [01:44.66]Like a challenge did he fling 'em [01:46.80]Darin' 'em to make the play [01:48.90] [01:50.20]Two Gun blake the texas killer [01:52.25]Hated feared wherever known [01:53.74] [01:54.82]Stood and drank his glass of mescal [01:56.78]With assurance all his own [01:59.50] [02:02.54]Then the eyes of blake the killer [02:04.48]Met the glance of dobe bill [02:05.96] [02:07.40]And they held each one the other [02:09.33]With the steel of looks that kill [02:12.07] [02:14.00]Then the tones of blake came slowly [02:15.86]With a sneer in every word [02:17.66]Well you've found me [02:18.76] [02:19.70]But the other gave no sign he saw or heard [02:23.79] [02:26.72]Walkin' calmly toward the speaker [02:28.55] [02:29.57]He advanced with steady pace [02:31.18] [02:33.22]Then he grinned [02:34.33] [02:34.86]And quick as lightnin' [02:35.87]Slapped him squarely in the face [02:37.70] [02:39.53]Shoot you snake he whispered hoarsely [02:41.75]Shoot you lily livered cur [02:43.46]Draw you're always strong for killin' [02:45.55]Now I'm here to shoot for her [02:48.47] [02:51.01]Some there was that claimed they saw it [02:53.00]As the killer tried to draw [02:54.33] [02:55.44]But there's no one knows for certain [02:57.28]Just exactly what he saw [02:59.22] [03:01.12]I'll agree the shootin' started [03:02.72]Quick as blake had made his start [03:04.87]Then a brace of bullets hit him [03:06.74]Fair and certain through the heart [03:08.21] [03:13.16]As he fell his hand was graspin' [03:15.07]For the gun he'd got too late [03:16.85] [03:17.73]With the notches on it showin' [03:19.52]Like the vagaries of fate [03:21.34] [03:23.17]And the man who stood there lookin' [03:25.01]At the killer as he lay [03:27.64]Murmured nell I've kept my promise [03:30.58] [03:31.37]I have made that scoundrel pay [03:34.99] [03:36.90]Then dobe bill he went a ridin' [03:39.82]From the town of santa fe [03:41.27] [03:42.51]On a quiet sunday morning [03:44.35]Goin' happy on his way [03:47.86]Ridin' easy on that pinto [03:49.95]That he dearly loved to straddle [03:51.95]With a six gun and sombrero [03:53.71]That was wider than his saddle [03:55.25] [03:56.99]And he's a hummin' as he's goin' [03:59.07]Of a simple little song [04:00.57] [04:01.54]That's a boomin' through the cactus [04:03.74]As he's gallopin' along [04:06.88] [04:09.32]Oh I'm goin' down the canyon [04:11.20]Through the mesquite and the sand [04:13.03]I'm a rarin' flarin' bucko [04:14.89]Not afraid to play my hand [04:16.79] [04:18.18]Well I'm a rootin' shootin' demon [04:21.35] [04:22.19]And I have my little fun [04:24.02] [04:24.87]On my pinto called apache a ha [04:29.49]And adolphus that's my gun