die verschwörung der poeten
| No one knows what it takes (to be like Billy the Kid) born as William Bonney in 1859 before the age of 22 he reached the end of his line known as Billy the Kid throughout the entire land he made it into history a pistol in his hand by the age of 12 he killed his first man struck by Billy’s ’44 twenty more lives found an end hidin’ out in the desert a runaway child po’ Billy so young free and wild folks still go crazy bout what he did but no one knows what it takes to be like Billy the Kid when his best friend John Tunstall was shot in ‘78 the Kid went crazy so full of hate lookin’ for revenge in the Lincoln County war he killed sheriff Bill Brady and many more nowadays folks go crazy bout what Billy did but no one knows what it takes to be like Billy the Kid only one man could track Billy down Pat Garret knew where the Kid was to be found they sentenced him to death but before their work was done Billy killed two guards and again was on the run one night in New Mexico the moon standin’ high you heard a pistol shot and a young maiden’s cry on the 14th of July in ‘81 the Kid went down his used-to-be pal Pat Garret drove him in the ground we still remember the way he did what he did but no one knows what it takes to be like Billy the Kid [sir oliver mally] |
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