Hollies The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee Lyrics

The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee Lyrics

(clarke)

Big tall man standing in the street

Gun hanging by his
side

Just one man that he'd like to meet

That's when I began to
hide



I recognised him from the face of his son

The hate in
his eye didn't lie

Oh what I did can't be undone

Borrowed time
there's none to buy



Well I hid round the back of a derelict
shack

Ain't looking for a mad showdown

But he was smart, he'd
already checked

A week in advance I'd paid down



Well the
hotel clerk was a fun-loving man

The job he had it didn't pay

He
told all about what happened that night

There he is, that's the one's all
he'd say



Well all the people were running, jumping, even
thumping

On my bad neighbours doors

Crying curly billy silly with
his colt he calls filly

Let me in I gotta hide

Well everybody was
crying, sighing sam mcgee's dying

No one to protect our town

Curly
billy silly with his colt he calls filly,

He's gonna shoot your sherriff
down



Big tall man standing in the street

Now a hand hovering
waiting to slide

Drew out his gun it wasn't for fun

Let me in
there's nowhere to hide



Well I made my play but it wasn't my
day

I felt the ripping lead

That's when I knew my time was
through

Rest in peace were the last words he said



Well all
the people were running, jumping, even thumping

On my bad neighbours
doors

Crying curly billy silly with his colt he calls filly

Let me
in I gotta hide

Well everybody was crying, sighing sam mcgee's dying

No one to protect our town

Curly billy silly with his colt he calls
filly,

He's gonna shoot your sherriff down



Well all the
people were running, jumping, even thumping

On my bad neighbours doors

Crying curly billy silly with his colt he calls filly

Let me in I gotta
hide

Well everybody was crying, sighing sam mcgee's dying

No one to
protect our town

Curly billy silly with his colt he calls filly,

He's gonna shoot your sherriff down