Big Iron

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
 Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
 No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
 For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
 He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
 He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip
 And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
 Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
 He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24
 And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more
 One and 19 more
 Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around
 Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
 He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
 And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
 After Texas Red
 Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
 But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
 20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip
 21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet
 It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street
 Folks were watching from the windows, everybody held their breath
 They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
 About to meet his death
 There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play
 And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
 Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped
 And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
 There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
 Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip
 When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 Big iron, big iron
 When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 
 To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day
 Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say
 No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip
 For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 It was early in the morning when he rode into the town
 He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around
 He's an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip
 And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red
 Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead
 He was vicious and a killer though a youth of 24
 And the notches on his pistol numbered one and 19 more
 One and 19 more
 Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around
 Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town
 He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead
 And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red
 After Texas Red
 Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red
 But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead
 20 men had tried to take him, 20 men had made a slip
 21 would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet
 It was 20 past 11 when they walked out in the street
 Folks were watching from the windows, everybody held their breath
 They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death
 About to meet his death
 There was 40 feet between them when they stopped to make their play
 And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today
 Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped
 And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round
 There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground
 Oh, he might have went on living but he made one fatal slip
 When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip
 Big iron, big iron
 When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip
 Big iron on his hip