Armed & Dangerous

Billy Bearden flew the pen late July of 1910
 Stole a horse and headed north to San Antone
 Slapped a brawler in a bar turned a shoulder took a cheap shot
 He took an empty fifth straight to the dome
 He was wilder than a bullet fired at random from the hip
 He was tougher than the dude behind the gun
 Running rampant from the law making money playing cards
 Now he's in Oklahoma armed and dangerous
 Dangerous! Dangerous! And after every one of us
 Billy Bearden's horse is treading trails of flames
 Raise a fuss! Raise a fuss! Tearing every county up
 Here comes the devil he's armed and dangerous
 In a Carter County boom town there among a few mesquite trees
 There was a place they called the 'House of Cards'
 Merritt brothers Ed and Roy made a living drilling oil
 But they had clubs for eyes and spades for souls
 "Brother Ed come here quick Billy Bearden needs a fix
 And he's steaming like the devil branding iron"
 Ed Merritt didn't blink cocked his pistol took a drink
 He's waiting for him armed and dangerous
 Dangerous! Dangerous! And after every one of us
 Tonight the House of Cards is gonna fall
 Raise a fuss! Fight and cuss! The Merritt brothers had enough
 They're standing tall, they're armed and dangerous
 Well the dealer dealt the deck with a single bead of sweat
 Three players at the table folded out
 Just Billy now and Roy and brother Ed behind the door
 And a table full of chips and playing cards
 And it's seven cards in hand and there is nothing left to draw
 Aces wild with pocket twos is all he's really got
 Seems like the two are hiding something deep inside their sleeves
 And the living at the table soon would go to 2 from 3
 Most gamblers come a merry man but leave the table soon
 But Billy came to cheat and lie and rob a man or two
 He looked at Roy straight in the eyes and pulled his shooting iron
 But a wall of lead left Billy dead from Eddie's forty five
 Eddie lived his life out in a Carter County home
 And when he died his family got everything he owned
 My mama got his pistol and she kept it like it was
 She passed it down to me and now I'm armed and dangerous
 Dangerous! Dangerous! His legacy's with us
 And I keep it cocked and loaded at my side
 Toughest cuss in the dust just like my Grandpa was
 Don't mess around I'm armed and dangerous
 Don't mess around I'm armed and dangerous
 Yea, don't mess around I'm armed and dangerous
 credits
 released May 26, 2017
 Hannah Mosman- Vocals
 Zach Wiederstein- Drums/Percussion
 Travis Lyon- Bass
 Bryon White- Guitar
 Scott Hunt- Fiddle/Mandolin