Big Iron - Tony Kerr

It's in the back of your truck Everything that you could need to go and catch a stroke of luck To get the fuck away and leave the lack of sleeping in the dust I've seen you hitting the sauce again Nowhere enough to make a scene The aching never ends A spiked drink becomes serene But when I say you've got some patience I couldn't be anymore sincere Oh what I'd do to be complacent With all the shit going on this year You won't offend anyone if you took your own advice for once You'd tell me pack your bags Don't pick the scabs Dust off your knees And step away for a while Cause I wanna know You went west for the winter I wanna hear That your boy's doing better I wanna be told it's true even if it's through The grapevine Just head for the hills And sit by the fire Watch all the snow Pile up on the tires On the truck that'll take you way from it all Big Iron

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip The stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around "He's an outlaw loose and runnin" came a whisper from each lip "And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip" "The big iron on his hip" In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him, and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer, though a youth of twenty-four And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more One and nineteen more Now the stranger started talkin' made it plain to folks around Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red After Texas Red Wasn't long before this story was relayed to Texas Red But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip Twenty-one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Well, the morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street Folks were watchin' from the windows, everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death There was forty feet between them When they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly, with the big iron on his hip The big iron on his hip It was over in a moment, and the folks had gathered 'round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Though he might have went on livin', but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Big iron, big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip The big iron on his hip

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business,no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more One and nineteen more Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around He was an Arizona ranger,wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red After Texas Red The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street Folks were watching from their windows,everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death Was about to meet his death There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip The big iron on his hip Big iron Big Iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip The big iron on his hip

Push it down Put those feelings away You weren't meant for him So just stop crying Just pretend that you're alright And maybe it won't show But it's not easy This way And it's not easy Being okay And it's not easy Seeing you happy When I'm lost I'm lost Push it down Or else you'll be the one to blame But can't they see the tears in your eyes That fill up with pain And how am I supossed to pretend that it's alright Cuz when you hold me close It feels so right So right So right So easy But there's no time to cry You've gotta just let it go And fly And it's not easy But I have to move on And it's not easy But what's done is done And it's not easy But you seem happy So I'll push down all these feelings And just pretend Push down all these feelings And just forget

I see him standing over there And I can't help but stare Then he gives a subtle smile Next thing I know he's standing right next to me And I forget how to breathe So I just stare And I think he got a little scared And I'm not sure what love is But I'm sure it's something like this And that might seem weird And I might seem crazy But that's the way it is But if you take a step back And look from my perspective, it's perfect And next thing you know You've got relationship goals Hey you with the pearly white smile Come on over scooch on next to me Hey you with the sparkling eyes I wanna get to know you oh I made the first move And I took him on a date And we talked for hours Staying up late He holds my hand And does whatever it takes to make me fall a little harder And he says I'm not sure what love is But I'm sure it's something like this And that might seem weird And I might seem crazy But I don't regret it I am so happy Look from my perspective And you'll see it's perfect Oh baby, we've got relationship goals