Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Tall Handsome Stranger, artist - Marty Robbins. Date of issue: 18.01.2017
Song language: English
Tall Handsome Stranger |
| A tall handsome stranger rode into town |
| With fire in his eyes burning red as sundown |
| His boots were all dusty, his coat open wide |
| Six ways of dying hung low on his side |
| He went in the town hall asking for me They told him that I was still town deputy |
| I sent him to prison to pay for his crime |
| He killed a guard on the Sante Fe line |
| He spread word around town that my time had come |
| My notch was already carved on his gun |
| He’s laughing and braggin and having his fun |
| It’s all a show for he knows I won’t run |
| That night in silence the town was asleep |
| I sat by my window and looked down the street |
| I wished in my heart that he would just ride away |
| I hated to face him next sunup that day |
| I met him at sunup, the crowd gathered round |
| Waitin and watching for one to go down |
| He grabbed for his six gun, tryin his best |
| He cursed as my bullet went deep in his chest |
| He stood there a moment and looked all around |
| Slowly and lifeless he fell to the ground |
| The stranger’s my brother, born an outlaw |
| He must have forgotton I taught him to draw |
| The whole town was waiting and I was alone |
| The blood that I spilled was just like my own |
| When she hears this story, how Mother will cry |
| Brother 'gainst brother and one had to die |