The Gunslinger

[Verse] In the town of Agua Fria Rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke a word Kept his secrets tucked away No one dared to question him No one dared to take a chance For the gunslinger in their midst wore a big iron on his pants Oh [Verse 2] As the morning sun was rising He rode into town Eyes scanning every corner Looking all around Whispers of his outlaw past spread like wildfire Like a flame And they knew he was here to settle some unfinished business By any name Oh [Chorus] He's the gunslinger in the shadows The hero or the foe With a heart as cold as steel A story no one knows He's the gunslinger in the shadows A legend in the west A figure cast in darkness His fate put to the test Oh [Verse 3] In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more One and nineteen more [Verse 4] Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter - he was after Texas Red After Texas Red [Chorus] He's the gunslinger in the shadows The hero or the foe With a heart as cold as steel A story no one knows He's the gunslinger in the shadows A legend in the west A figure cast in darkness His fate put to the test Oh [Verse 5] Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red But the outlaw didn't worry; men that tried before were dead Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip [Verse 6] The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street Folks were watching from the windows; everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death [Chorus] He's the gunslinger in the shadows The hero or the foe With a heart as cold as steel A story no one knows He's the gunslinger in the shadows A legend in the west A figure cast in darkness His fate put to the test Oh [Verse 7] There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip [Verse 8] It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Oh he might have went on livin', but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip [Outro] Big iron, big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip