There's guns across the river

About to pound you

There's lawmen on your

Trail like to surround you

Bounty hunters are

Dancing all around you

Billy they don't like you to be so free

Camping out all night on the veranda

Walking in the streets

Down by the hacienda

Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send you

Billy don't you turn your back on me

Playing around with

Some sweet senorita

Into her dark chamber she will greet you

In the shadows of the

Mesas she will lead you

Billy and you're going all alone

They say that Pat

Garrett's got your number

So sleep with one eye open when you slumber

Every little sound just might be thunder

Thunder from the barrel of his gun

There's always another

Stranger sneaking glances

Some trigger happy fool

Willing to take chances

Some old w***e from

San Pedro will make advances

Advances on your spirit and your soul

So hang on to your

Woman if you got one

Remember in

El Paso once you shot one

Yeah and up in

Santa Fe one time you bought one

Billy you've been running for so long

Gypsy queens will

Play your grand finale

Way down in some Tularosa alley

Maybe in La Rio Pecos valley

Billy you're so far away from home

Billy you're so far away from home

Billy you're so far away from home