The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee Lyrics - Hollies

Big tall man standing in the street 

Gun hanging by his side 

Just one man that he'd like to meet 

That's when I began to hide 

I recognized him from the face of his son 

The hate in his eye didn't lie 

Oh what I did can't be undone 

Borrowed time there's none to buy 

Well I hid round the back of a derelict shack 

Ain't looking for a mad showdown 

But he was smart, he'd already checked 

A week in advance I'd paid down 

Well the hotel clerk was a fun-loving man 

The job he had it didn't pay 

He told all about what happened that night 

There he is, that's the one's all he'd say 

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Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping 

on my bad neighbours doors 

crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

Let me in I gotta hide 

Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying 

No one to protect our town 

Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

he's gonna shoot your sheriff down 

Big tall man standing in the street 

now a hand hovering waiting to slide 

Drew out his gun it wasn't for fun 

Let me in there's nowhere to hide 

Well I made my play but it wasn't my day 

I felt the ripping lead 

That's when I knew my time was through 

Rest in peace were the last words he said 

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Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping 

on my bad neighbours doors 

crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

Let me in I gotta hide 

Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying 

No one to protect our town 

Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

he's gonna shoot your sheriff down 

Well all the people were running, jumping, even thumping 

on my bad neighbours doors 

crying Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

Let me in I gotta hide 

Well everybody was crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying 

No one to protect our town 

Curly Billy Silly with his colt he calls filly 

he's gonna shoot your sheriff down