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[Verse 1]
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I came in like a restless wind
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On a wagon train
But I'm gonna go like a July snow
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Back to where I came from
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Gonna leave this humdrum
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It's too slow and tame
[Verse 2]
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None of your business where I've been
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Don't ask me what I've done
Run your ranch and punch your cows
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And stay behind my gun man
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Colorado's right hand will put you on the run
[Verse 3]
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I got a gal in Denver town
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That's crying over me
But I said goodbye and I let her cry
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I miss her company but
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I'll get out of this rut
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Rio Bravo's killing me
[Verse 4]
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They got a man locked in a cell
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That's a freer man than I
He's gonna laugh right in their face
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When they lead him out to die and
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He's gonna leave these badlands
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And ride off in the sky
[Verse 5]
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You're gonna see old Colorado
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Headin' for the door
You better believe I'm gonna leave
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Like the 904 train
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Gonna breathe some air again
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That ain't been breathed before