Don't Take Your Guns to Town-Ray Merrill

[ti:Don't Take Your Guns to Town] [ar:Ray Merrill] [al:Great Country Songs, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Ray Merrill [00:07.18]A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm [00:11.37] [00:12.04]A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm [00:16.26] [00:16.84]He changed his clothes and shined his boots [00:19.14]And combed his dark hair down [00:21.14] [00:21.76]And his mother cried as he walked out [00:24.16] [00:26.15]Don't take your guns to town son [00:28.42] [00:29.03]Leave your guns at home Bill [00:30.70] [00:31.91]Don't take your guns to town [00:34.17] [00:39.06]He laughed and kissed his mom [00:40.76]And said your Billy Joe's a man [00:43.55] [00:44.60]I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can [00:48.71] [00:50.04]But I wouldn't shoot without a cause [00:52.52]I'd gun nobody down [00:54.57] [00:55.37]But she cried again as he rode away [00:58.17] [01:00.07]Don't take your guns to town son [01:03.36] [01:04.09]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:06.03] [01:07.11]Don't take your guns to town [01:09.53] [01:14.17]He sang a song as on he rode [01:16.45]His guns hung at his hips [01:18.89] [01:19.50]He rode into a cattle town [01:22.08]A smile upon his lips [01:24.44] [01:25.15]He stopped and walked into a bar [01:27.67]And laid his money down [01:29.93] [01:30.49]But his mother's words echoed again [01:33.26] [01:35.48]Don't take your guns to town son [01:38.33] [01:39.00]Leave your guns at home Bill [01:40.95] [01:41.64]Don't take your guns to town [01:44.70] [01:49.68]He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand [01:53.90] [01:54.69]And tried to tell himself he lost had become a man [01:59.39] [02:00.28]A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down [02:04.85] [02:05.72]And he heard again his mothers words [02:08.64] [02:10.66]Don't take your guns to town son [02:13.59] [02:14.35]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:16.64] [02:17.62]Don't take your guns to town [02:20.24] [02:24.97]Filled with rage then [02:26.29]Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw [02:29.47] [02:30.09]But the stranger drew his gun and fired [02:32.70]Before he even saw [02:34.74] [02:35.40]As Billy Joe fell to the floor [02:37.95]The crowd all gathered around [02:40.24] [02:40.81]And wondered at his final words [02:44.03] [02:46.09]Don't take your guns to town son [02:48.77] [02:49.51]Leave your guns at home Bill [02:51.75] [02:52.92]Don't take your guns to town