Cash Johnny – Don’t Take Your Guns to Town

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А young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm.  
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А boy filled with wonder lust who really meant no harm.  
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He changed his clothes and shined his boots 
and combed his dark hair down.  
 
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And his mother cried as he walked out 
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Don't take your guns to town, son. 
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Leave your guns at home, Bill, Don't take your guns to town... 
 
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He laughed and kissed his mom and said: "Your Billy Joe's a man.  
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I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can.  
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But I wouldn't shoot without a cause I'd gun nobody down."  
 
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But she cried again as he rode away 
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Don't take your guns to town, son.  
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Leave your guns at home, Bill, Don't take your guns to town...  
 
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He sang a song as on he rode, his guns hung at his hips.  
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He rode into a cattle town, a smile upon his lips.  
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He stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money down  
 
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But his mother's words echoed again 
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Don't take your guns to town, son.  
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Leave your guns at home, Bill Don't take your guns to town...  
 
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He drank his first strong liqueur then to calm his shaking hand 
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And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.  
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А dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down.  
 
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And he heard again his mother's words 
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Don't take your guns to town, son.  
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Leave your guns at home, Bill, Don't take your guns to town...  
 
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Filled with rage then Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw  
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But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even saw  
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As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered round  
 
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And wondered at his final words Don't take your guns to town, son.  
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Leave your guns at home, Bill, Don't take your guns to town...