Billy Joel Ballad Of Billy The Kid Lyrics

Ballad Of Billy The Kid Lyrics

Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Billy Joel

From a town known as Wheeling West
Virginia
Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand
And his daring life of
crime made him a legend in his time
East and west of the Rio Grande
Well
he started with a bank in Colorado
In the pocket of his vest a Colt he
hid
And his age and his size took the teller by surprise
And the word
spread of Billy the Kid

Well he never traveled heavy,
Yes he always
rode alone,
And he soon put many older guns to shame
Well he never had a
sweetheart
And he never had a home
But the cowboys and the ranchers knew
his name

Well he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
And the law
just couldn't seem to track him down
And it served his legend well
For
the folks loved to tell
'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town

One
cold day a posse captured Billy
And the judge said string him up for what he
did
And the cowboys and their kin
Like the sea came pouring in to
watch
The hangin' of Billy the Kid

Well he never traveled
heavy,
Yes he always rode alone,
And he soon put many older guns to
shame
Well he never had a sweetheart
Tho' he finally found a
home
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

From a town
known as Oysterbay, Long Island
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his
hand
And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time 
East and
west of the Rio Grande