Trocadero - The Man in Red lyrics

Gather around me my good friends 'cause
I got a tale to tell
About a man who shot me once
And this wound still feels like hell
I was riding high after a wild night
And I saw a man in red
And I told him hey you're in my way
And he said you're good as dead
He was mean and part machine
His shotgun's thunder burst
His lead hit home, I hit the dirt
Even though I drew first
He'd won the gunplay, all in fair play
But, I had to know
The reason why, he wore crimson
Red from head to toe
And I was bleeding out, but the man in red
Said boy you listen close
And I'll explain the genesis of
The color of my choice he said
When I was young
My daddy took me to a bullring far from town
To man me up and make me tough
So I'd never back down
I felt the rise of the bull's eyes
When it saw the cape blood red
I knew right then
The hue for which I'd been born and bred
So heed this warning, avoid this man
Good night and so long
You can forget the singer
But don't forget the song