Billy Joel - Ballad Of Billy The Kid

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from a town known as wheeling , west virginia , rode a boy with a six – gun in his hand
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and his daring life of crime , made him a legend in his time
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east and west of the rio grande

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well , he started with a bank in colorado , in the pocket of his vest , a colt he hid
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and his age and his size , took the teller by surprise
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and the word spread of billy the kid

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well , he never traveled heavy , yes , he always rode alone
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and he soon put many older guns to shame
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and he never had a sweetheart , and he never had a home
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but the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

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well , he robbed his way from utah to oklahoma , and the law just could not seem to track him down
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and it served his legend well , for the folks , they’d love to tell
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’bout when billy the kid came to town

( piano interlude )

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well , one cold day a posse captured billy , and the judge said , “string ’im up for what he did!”
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and the cowboys and their kin , like the sea came pourin’ in
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to watch the hangin’ , of billy the kid

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well , he never traveled heavy , yes , he always rode alone
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and he soon put many older guns to shame
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and he never had a sweetheart , but he finally found a home
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underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

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from a town known as oyster bay , long island , rode a boy with a six – pack in his hand
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and his daring life of crime , made him a legend in his time
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east and west of the rio grande