Don't Take Your Guns To Town Lyrics - Faron Young

(Johnny Cash) 

A young cowboy named Billy Joe 

Grew restless on the farm 

A boy filled with wanderlust 

Who really meant no harm. 

He changed his clothes and shined his boots 

And combed his dark hair down 

And his mother cried as he walked out 

Don't take your guns to town, son. 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town. 

He laughed and kissed his mom 

And said your Billy Joe's a man 

And I can shoot as quick and straight 

As anybody can. 

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But I wouldn't shoot without a cause 

I'd gun nobody down 

But she cried again as he rode away 

Don't take your guns to town, son. 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town. 

He sang a song as on he rode 

His guns hung at his hips 

He rode into a cattle town 

A smile upon his lips. 

He stopped and walked into a bar 

And laid his money down 

But his mother's words echoed again 

Don't take your guns to townm son. 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town. 

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He drank his first strong liquor 

Then to calm his shaking hand 

And he tried to tell himself at last 

He'd become a man. 

A dust cowpoke at his side 

Began to laugh him down 

And he heard again his mother's words 

Don't take your guns to town, son. 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town. 

Bill was raged and Billy Joe reached 

For his gun to draw 

But the stranger drew his gun and fired 

Before he even saw. 

As Billy Joe fell to the floor 

The crowd all gathered round 

And wondered at his final words 

Don't take your guns to town, son. 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town...