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Roy produced and sang backing vocals Bill Dees sang lead vocal
Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter
They
say that he was the fastest gun alive
Before
you could draw your gun from the holster
You
would surely die
Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter
He
killed three men in abilone and four in Wichita
He
wounded one in Kansas City
Let
him live out of pity
He
was tired of killing them all
Then
one night in a brawl
His
brother John got killed in Wichita
Defending
his brother's name
The
Blackie Dalton fame had brought his brother shame
He
got word in Tucson about his brother John
They
heard him say as he left that day
"I've
got to hunt him down
Then
I'll throw my gun away"
Lonely
night on the trail
He'd
listen to the coyotes wail
And
sympathise with the cry
For
one more man must die
Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter
The
fastest gun alive is what they say
He
caught that man shot him down
Turned
and walked away
Yes,
he threw his gun away
Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter
But
he turned his back on the life that he had led
A
man remembered from Kansas city
Didn't
have any pity
He
shot Blackie dead
Yes
he shot Blackie dead
Lonely
nights on the trail
The
cowboys tell a different tale
Blackie
didn't really die
No,
Blackie didn't really die
Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter
The
fastest gun alive is what they said
He
changed his name and in his grave
The
Kansas man instead
With
this marker at his head
"Blackie
Dalton was a gun fighter"
