Johnny Cash - Big Iron lyrics

To the town of Agua Fria rode
A stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him
Didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business
No one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had
A big iron on his hip big iron on his hip

It was early in the morning when
He rode into the town
He came ridin' from the south side
Slowly lookin' all around
He's an outlaw loose and running
Came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
The big iron on his hip big iron on his hip
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

Now the stranger started talking
Made it plain to folks around
He 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

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 their windows
Everybody held their breath
They knew this handsome ranger was
About to meet his death
Was about to meet his death

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
When a bullet fairly ripped
And the ranger's aim was deadly with
The big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip

Big iron, big iron
When he tried to match the ranger with
The big iron on his hip
The big iron on his hip