The day that Curly Billy shot down crazy Sam Mc Gee
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1. Big tall man standing in
the street,
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gun
hanging by his side,
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just
one man that he’d like to meet,
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that’s when I began to hide.
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I recognized him from the face
of his son,
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the
hate in his eye didn’t lie,
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oh,
what I did can’t be undone,
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borrowed
time, there’s none to buy.
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2. Well, I hid round the back of a derelict shack,
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ain’t looking for a mad showdown,
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but he
was smart, he’d already checked,
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a week
in advance I’d paid down.
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Well, the hotel clerk was a
fun loving man,
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the
job he had it didn’t pay,
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he
told all about what happened that night,
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“There he is, that’s the one !” all he’d say.
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Well, all the people were running, jumping, even thumping
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on my bad neighbor’s
doors,
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crying Curly Billy silly with his
colt he calls Filly,
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let me in I gotta
hide !
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Well, everybody was crying, sighing, Sam McGee’s dying,
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no one to protect our town,
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Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls Filly,
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he’s gonna
shoot your sheriff down.
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3. Big tall man standing in
the street,
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now a
hand hovering, waiting to slide,
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drew
out his gun, it wasn’t for fun,
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oh,
let me in, there’s nowhere to hide.
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Well, I made my play but it
wasn’t my day,
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I felt the ripping lead,
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that’s
when I knew my time was through,
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rest
in peace were the last words he said.
+ CHORUS (2x) ....
(The Hollies)