Posted: 10/20/2010 12:39:49 PM EDT
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Strapped my guns and courage on; set my cattle free Rolled a smoke and I made a vow no more to be reviled Combed her hair and laid her out; pretty as you please Watched the fire light up the night; cryin' like a child Saw a man in San Antone shoot down a dancing queen And asked him on his hangin' day "What was he thinkin' of?" He said "I never liked the way she treated me so mean In the end I tell you friend I did it all for love" Stood out on the ragged edge and there I took the fall I did it all for love my friend, for love I did it all Just this side of Devil's Dream, above the sulphur mine I found the man who robbed me of the girl I loved and lost I asked him before he died "What made him cross the line?" He asked me "Did I mean the line that I just stepped across?" Stood out on the ragged edge and there I took the fall I did it all for love my friend, for love I did it all I-I-I-I Wonder why-y I've walked this earth these many years and left a trail of fire But once I was a gentle man every bit like you I watched the heavens open up, heard the angel choir Sing the holy song of God, 'To thine own self be true' Stood out on the ragged edge and there I took the fall I did it all for love my friend, for love I did it all I did it all for love my friend, for love I did it all |
