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Smackwater Jack he bought a shotgun |
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Cause he was in the mood of a little confrontation |
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He just let it all hang loose |
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He didn't think about the noose |
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He couldn't take no more abuse, |
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So he shot down the congregation |
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You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand |
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Big Jim the Chief stood for law and order |
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He called for the guard to come and surround the border |
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Now fron his bulldog mouth |
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As he led the posse south |
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Came the cry 'We got to ride to clean up the street |
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For our wives and our daughters!' |
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You can't talk to a man when he don't want to understand |
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The account of the capture wasn't in the papers |
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But you know, they hanged ole Smack right then (instead of later) |
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You know, the people where quite pleased |
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Cause the outlaw had been sized |
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And on the whole, it was a very good year for the undertaker |
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You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand |