The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34) Lyrics - Singles - Elton John

Some punk with a shotgun 

Killed young Danny Bailey 

In cold blood, in the lobby 

Of a downtown motel. 

Killed him in anger, 

A force he couldn't handle, 

Helped pull the trigger 

That cut short his life. 

And there's not many knew him 

The way that we did, 

Sure enough he was a wild one 

But then aren't most hungry kids? 

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Now it's all over Danny Bailey, 

And the harvest is in. 

Dillinger's dead 

I guess the cops won again 

Now it's all over Danny Bailey, 

And the harvest is in. 

We're running short of heroes 

Back up here in the hills, 

Without Danny Bailey 

We're gonna have to break up our stills. 

So mark his grave well 

'Cause Kentucky loved him. 

Born and raised proper 

I guess life just bugged him. 

And he found faith in danger, 

A life style he lived by, 

A runnin' gun youngster 

In a sad restless age.