The Skies of Lincoln County

My name is William Bonny and I have some things to tell
 All about my life 'n death and the way things are in Hell
 And lies they told about me after Garrett shot me down
 In Mexico, in 1881
 Twenty one were the lives that Garrett said I took
 That was just another lie he wrote down in his book
 For he had to make it seem as though I were the Devils seed
 but the lives I took, they were three
 And the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
 And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
 And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
 The only difference now, is I'm not here
 I'm in New Mexico and it's 1881
 A man who'd lie to save his skin won't look you in the eye
 Garrett never saw my face when he let those bullets fly
 And I died there in Pete Maxwell's room, no boots upon my feet
 In the dark, and all alone
 They had themselves an inquest, and then they buried me
 They made me into something that I never meant to be
 And the vultures came and chipped away the headstone on my grave
 And then took it home, for souvenirs
 And the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
 And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
 And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
 The only difference now, is I'm not here
 I'm in New Mexico and it's 1881
 History books are written by the ones who survive
 Garrett was the one who came out of that room alive
 And he harnessed up my ghost, made it sing and dance
 And I am dancing still
 I'm dancing still
 The corridors of my Hell, they never ever change
 I am doomed forever to this little piece of range
 Trapped here by a legend that's no making of my own
 I look around, and I see.
 It's still New Mexico and it's 1881
 And the skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be
 And the sun that shines on you, well it used to shine on me
 And I knew the smell of woodsmoke and I liked the taste of beer
 The only difference now, is I'm not here
 I'm in New Mexico and it's 1881
 It's still New Mexico and it's 1881