Angel And The Badman Lyrics - Johnny Cash

There was a man whose deeds were dark as night 

And quite by chance he rode into the light 

A man, wild as a dust devil with, no place to run 

Livin' by his wits and by his gun 

He met a girl like none he'd ever known 

She cared not for the wild oats he had sewn 

And, so, he laid his gun down and set his spirit free 

Began livin' in respectability 

But his old ways of thinkin' wouldn't die 

Could not forget the old creed he lived by 

And the good and bad and the right and wrong kept fightin' for his soul 

Till his heart and mind both went out of control 

But now the old saloon had lost its spell 

What once was laughter now was livin' hell 

And the hookers, guns and drinkin' in his life were out of place 

And in his mind he saw an Angel's face 

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So, he burned all his bridges in a day 

And the Devil deeds were done and laid away 

And he rode out a better man than when he first rode in 

And the Angel got the Badman in the end 

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