Don't Take Your Guns To Town Lyrics - The Fabulous Johnny Cash - 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" 

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 

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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 side began to laugh him down 

And he heard again his mothers words 

Don't take your guns to town son 

Leave your guns at home Bill 

Don't take your guns to town 

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Filled with rage then 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