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[Verse 1]
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All night long I tried to sleep but sleep refused to come
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Cause today I knew I'd either have to fight or run
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Knowin' if I choose to run my mind would never rest
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Cause with so much pride I wear this badge upon my vest


[Verse 2]
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Folks are filled with fear because there's three bad guns in town
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Sheriff Olsen made the wrong move and they shot him down
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One they called Dakota Jack and one El Paso Red
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The other just turned twenty and he's called the Killer Kid


[Verse 3]
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Good advice I get and that's to leave and run away
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But my pride and badge I wear won't let me live that way
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And if I stay the three have aimed to add me to their list
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But I have a different aim and I don't aim to miss


[Verse 4]
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From the doorway where I stand I see the outlaws three
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Worried none because they know the town's not helpin' me
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From a hundred yards away I try a lucky shot
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Luck is with me and Dakota Jack dies on the spot


[Verse 5]
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The Kid runs through the barroom door and Red goes up the stairs
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The Kid is ragin' mad, he's breakin' bottles, kickin' chairs
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And from a roof El Paso Red has vowed to pay me back
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As he views the lifeless body of Dakota Jack


[Verse 6]
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I can see him as he jumps from one roof to the next
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Searchin' for me but he has no idea where I'm at
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But I watch his every move I'm ready when he leaps
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As I shoot him in mid air he crashes to the street


[Verse 7]
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Now there's one against just one I've evened up the score
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Down the street I hear a yell come through the barroom door
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The Kid has screamed, there's no way I can live unless I run
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Said there ain't no lawdog man enough to take his gun


[Verse 8]
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Through the barroom door he walks and steps out on the street
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I can't match his draw, he's much too fast for me to beat
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And as I walk toward him we both grab a forty-five
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Maybe I will die today and he will stay alive


[Verse 9]
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Like a hammer somethin' hits me spinnin' me around
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As I fall I shoot him twice before he hits the ground
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His bullet missed me , still I feel a burnin' in my chest
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His bullet hits the badge I wear with pride upon my vest


[Verse 10]
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As the people view the bodies of the lifeless three
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From their looks I know exactly what they think of me
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To them I'm just a killer and they could not care less
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'Bout my pride or 'bout the badge I wear upon my vest