Silver Target-Sheb Wooley

[ti:Silver Target] [ar:Sheb Wooley] [al:Cowboy Essentials] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Silver Target - Sheb Wooley [00:08.10]Towns sprung up across the plain [00:10.02] [00:10.96]But soon the desperados came [00:13.21] [00:13.99]And gunshot echoed in the streets [00:16.46] [00:22.38]In a western town that mushroamed [00:24.80]Along the great frontier [00:26.79] [00:27.32]Was mostly honest folks that came to stay [00:30.64] [00:32.10]But law was slow in comin' [00:34.65]And the bad men soon appereared [00:37.01] [00:37.77]Flockin' in like vultures to the prey [00:40.70] [00:42.88]Those that tried to stop [00:44.29]Them in their pillage of the town [00:46.94] [00:47.75]Bit the dust of Main Street one by one [00:51.03] [00:52.49]Till no one had the courage to step [00:55.40]Forward fom the rest [00:57.39]And volunteer to wear a silver target on his chest [01:02.41] [01:03.41]The town sent for a Ranger to stop the lawless breed [01:08.78]Men who bragged of killin's they had done [01:12.05] [01:14.13]The bad men heard them threaten [01:16.13]But they laughed and paid no heed [01:18.39] [01:19.13]For who would dare to face their deadly guns [01:22.69] [01:23.69]It only made them bolder [01:26.31]And the terror grew and grew [01:28.59] [01:29.25]Till one day the Ranger reached the town [01:32.24] [01:34.03]The bad men saw him comin' [01:36.13]And they spoke in vulgar jest [01:38.96]One of the quiet man [01:40.38]Who wore a silver target on his chest [01:44.24] [01:47.85]In the noonday sun a panic [01:49.69] [01:50.39]Had hit the dusty street [01:52.25] [01:52.91]But from every window they all saw [01:56.17] [01:58.09]The showdown soon was comin' [02:00.05]And the odds he had to beat [02:02.13] [02:02.71]With four to one against the Ranger's draw [02:06.37] [02:07.40]Then sudden death cut loose [02:09.84]And when the smoke had cleared away [02:12.27] [02:12.82]The outlaws lay there dyin' in the street [02:16.19] [02:17.50]But a scarlet stain [02:19.21]Was spreadin' in the center of the West [02:22.66]Of the quiet man [02:24.21]Who wore a silver target on his chest [02:27.94] [02:29.20]His name is not recorded in the book of history [02:33.53] [02:34.45]But on a marble stone you still can read [02:37.80] [02:39.17]Here lies a man who figured in the winnin' of the West [02:43.63] [02:44.15]A quiet man who wore a silver target on his chest