Don T Take Your Guns To Town Lyrics - Every Song Tells A Story - Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson

A young cowboy named Billy Joe 

Grew restless on the farm 

A boy filled with wonderlust 

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 

You're Billy Joe's a man 

I can shoot as quick and straight 

As anybody can 

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 town, son 

Leave your guns at home, Bill 

Don't take your guns to town 

He drank his first strong liquor 

Then to calm his shaking hand 

And tried to tell himself at last 

He had become a man 

A dusty cowpoke at his 

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