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Verse 1
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A young cowboy named Billy Joe
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grew restless on the farm,
a boy filled with wonderlust
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who really meant no harm.
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He changed his clothes
and shined his boots
and combed his dark hair down,
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and his mother cried as he walked out.
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Don't take your guns to town, son
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Leave your guns at home, Bill
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Don't take your guns to town
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He laughed and kissed his mom
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And said, you're Billy Joe's a man
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I can shoot as quick and straight
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As anybody can
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But I wouldn't shoot without a cause,
I'd gun nobody down
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But she cried again as he rolled away
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Don't take your guns to town, son,
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leave your guns at home, Bill
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Don't take your guns to town
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He sang a song his own,
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he rode his guns hung at his hips
He rode into a cattle town,
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a smile upon his lips
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He stopped and walked into a bar
and laid his money down
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But his mother's words echoed again
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Don't take your guns to town, son,
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leave your guns at home, Bill,
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don't take your guns to town.
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He drank his first strong liquor
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then to calm his shaking hand,
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and tried to tell himself at last
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A dusty cowpoke at his side
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began to laugh him down,
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An d he heard again his
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mother's words,
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Don't take your guns to town, son,
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leave your guns at home, Bill,
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Don't take your guns to town.
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then Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
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But the stranger drew his gun
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and fired before he even saw
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As Billy Joe fell to the floor
the crowd all gathered round
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An d wondered at
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Don't take your guns to town, son,
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Leave your guns at home, Bill,
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Don't take your guns to town.
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