Lyrics
A
young
cowboy
named
Billy
Joe
grew
restless
on
the
farm
A
boy
filled
with
wanderlust
who
really
meant
no
harm
He
changed
his
clothes
and
shined
his
boots
And
combed
his
dark
hair
down
And
his
mother
cried
as
he
walked
out
"Don't
take
your
guns
to
town,
son
Leave
your
guns
at
home,
Bill
Don't
take
your
guns
to
town"
He
laughed
and
kissed
his
mom
and
said,
"Your
Billy
Joe's
a
man
I
can
shoot
as
quick
and
straight
as
anybody
can
But
I
wouldn't
shoot
without
a
cause,
I'd
gun
nobody
down"
But
she
cried
again
as
he
rode
away
"Don't
take
your
guns
to
town,
son
Leave
your
guns
at
home,
Bill
Don't
take
your
guns
to
town"
He
sang
a
song
as
on
he
rode,
his
guns
hung
at
his
hips
He
rode
into
a
cattle
town,
a
smile
upon
his
lips
He
stopped
and
walked
into
a
bar
and
laid
his
money
down
But
his
mother's
words
echoed
again
"Don't
take
your
guns
to
town,
son
Leave
your
guns
at
home,
Bill
Don't
take
your
guns
to
town"
He
drank
his
first
strong
liquor
then
to
calm
his
shaking
hand
And
tried
to
tell
himself
at
last
he
had
become
a
man
A
dusty
cowpoke
at
his
side
began
to
laugh
him
down
And
he
heard
again
his
mother's
words
"Don't
take
your
guns
to
town,
son
Leave
your
guns
at
home,
Bill
Don't
take
your
guns
to
town"
Filled
with
rage,
then
Billy
Joe
reached
for
his
gun
to
draw
But
the
stranger
drew
his
gun
and
fired
before
he
even
saw
As
Billy
Joe
fell
to
the
floor,
the
crowd
all
gathered
'round
And
wondered
at
his
final
words
"Don't
take
your
guns
to
town,
son
Leave
your
guns
at
home,
Bill
Don't
take
your
guns
to
town"
Album
Love, God, Murder
1 I Walk the Line
2 Oh What A Dream
3 All Over Again
4 A Little At a Time
5 My Old Faded Rose
6 Happiness Is You
7 Flesh and Blood
8 I Tremble For You
9 I Feel Better All Over
10 'Cause I Love You
11 Ballad Of Barbara
12 Ring of Fire
13 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
14 While I've Got It On My Mind
15 I Still Miss Someone
16 The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
17 What On Earth (Will You Do for Heaven's Sake)
18 My God Is Real
19 It Was Jesus
20 Why Me Lord
21 The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All
22 Redemption
23 The Great Speckle Bird
24 The Old Account
25 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
26 When He Comes
27 Were You There? (When They Crucified My Lord)
28 Man In White
29 Belshazzar
30 Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer) [Mono]
31 Oh Come Angel Band
32 Folsom Prison Blues
33 Delia's Gone
34 Mister Garfield
35 Orleans Parish Prison
36 When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) [Mono]
37 The Sound of Laughter
38 Cocaine Blues
39 Hardin Wouldn't Run
40 The Long Black Veil
41 Austin Prison
42 Joe Bean
43 Going to Memphis
44 Don't Take Your Guns to Town
45 Highway Patrolman
46 Jacob Green
47 The Wall
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