Billy Gray

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[Verse 1]
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Billy Gray rode in to Gantry, 
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back in eighty-three
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There he did meet young Sarah 
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McCray
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That wild rose of morning, that 
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pale flower dawning,
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Herald of springtime in his 
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young life that day.

[Verse 2]
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Sarah she could not see the 
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daylight of reality,
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   In her young eyes Billy bore 
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not a flaw.
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Knowing not her chosen one was a 
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hired gun,
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Wanted in Kansas City by the 
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law.

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[Verse 3]
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Then one day a tall man, came 
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riding 'cross the bad lands,
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That lie to the north of New 
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Mexico.
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He was overheard to say he was 
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lookin' for Billy Grey,
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   A ruthless man and a 
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dangerous outlaw.

[Verse 4]
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The deadly news came creeping, 
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while Billy lie sleeping,
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There in the Claredon Bar and 
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Hotel.
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He fled toward the old church, 
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there on the outskirts,
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Thinking he'd climb that old 
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steeple bell.
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A rifle ball came flying, face 
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down he lay dying,
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There in the dust of the road 
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where he fell.
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Sarah she ran to him, cursing the 
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lawman,
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Accepting no reason, just knowing
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 he was killed.

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[Verse 5]
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Sarah lives in that same old 
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white frame house
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Where she first met Billy some 
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forty years ago.
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The wild rose of morning has 
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faded with the dawning
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Of each day of sorrow the long 
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years had sown.
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Written on a stone where the 
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dusty winds had long blown,
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Eighteen words to a passing world
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 say:
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"True love knows no season, no 
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rhyme nor no reason,
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Justice is cold as the Grainger 
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county clay."

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Yes, True love knows no season, no
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 rhyme nor no reason,
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Justice is cold as the Grainger 
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county clay.