Johnny Cash The Baron Lyrics

The Baron Lyrics

Wish I had a known ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might
have learned
a thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a
little Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you
doooo
Maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you do

As he walked into
the poolroom
You could tell he didn’t fit
In his handmade boots, custom
suits
and pearl handled shooting stick
Tonight there’d be a
showdown
then everyone would know
Who shoots the meanest game
around
The Baron or Billy Joe
Billy Joe looked Edgy
About to lose his
cool
But the Baron’s hands were steady
As the two began to duel
Yeah
he was like a general
on a battlefield of slate
And he’d say to Billy
Joe
each time he sunk the eight
He’d Say

Wish I had a known
ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might have learned
a
thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a little
Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe
you’d shoot straighter
Then you do

Now Billy Joe was busted
But
he hadn’t felt the sting
And from the far end of the table
He threw his
mother’s wedding ring
And he said you won my money
But it ain’t gonna
do the trick
I’ll bet this ring on one more game
against your fancy
stick
The Baron’s eyes got foggy
as the ring rolled on the felt
And
he almost doubled over
Like he had been hit below the belt
Twenty years
ago
It was the ring his wife had worn
And he didn’t know before he
left
that a son would soon be born
It sounded just like thunder
when
the Baron shot the break
But it grew thickly quiet
as He lined up the
eight
Then a warm hand touched his shoulder
and it chilled him to the
bone
When he turned and saw the woman
Who had loved him for so
long
The game was never finished
The eight ball never fell
The Baron
calmly picked it up
and put it on the shelf
Then he placed the ring
In
the hands that held him long ago
and he tossed that fancy shooting
stick
To his son Billy Joe
And he said

Wish I had a known
ya
When you were a little younger
Around me you might have learned
a
thing or two
If I had known you longer
You might be a little
Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe
you’d shoot straighter
Then you do