Pride And The Badge

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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