Cash Johnny Don`t Take Your Guns To Town Lyrics

Don`t Take Your Guns To Town Lyrics

By John R. Cash

 Recorded 8/13/58

 Number one - Country Chart; Number 32 - Pop Chart

 

 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;

 

 Refrain:

 "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;

 

 Refrain:

 "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;

 

 Refrain:

 "Don't take your guns to town, son

 Leave your guns at home, Bill

 Don't take your guns to town."

 

 Bill was raged and 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;

 

 Refrain:

 "Don't take your guns to town, son

 Leave your guns at home, Bill

 Don't take your guns to town."