Ballad Of A Small Man Lyrics - All Around Cowboy/everything I've Always Wanted - Marty Robbins

He was a small man but this man was all man 

He was accustomed to danger 

He knew the badlands, he knew every bad man 

This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger 

Into the township of Pecos, he rode 

Everyone noticed this stranger 

Plainly it showed in the way that he rode in 

This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger 

Everyone watched as he climbed from his horse and walked by 

Every eye dropped to the gun hanging low on his side 

The silence was broken, the ranger had spoken 

And these were his words 

I've trailed an outlaw for thirty-six days 

I'm twenty hours behind him 

He's here in town so I'll just be around 

Long as it takes me to find him, find him, find him 

Slowly he turned and he looked down the street 

Then he looked back to the crowd 

Somethin' about him left no room to doubt 

He spoke very little but loud, but loud, but loud 

If it is pity you have for my size 

Save it don't waste it, my friend 

This equalizer I have on my hip 

Makes me as big as the next man, next man, next man 

Then from a door came a curse and they knew at a glance 

The outlaw had stepped to the street to begin his advance 

Women grabbed children, men grabbed their wives 

And they ran from the street 

Even the soft, gentle breeze became still 

Death had a minute to wait 

Two hands would dive for a Colt forty-five 

One hand would come up too late, too late, too late 

"Go for your gun", was the outlaw's remark 

"Tomorrow you'll sleep neath the stone" 

The ranger replied, "There'll be plenty of time 

After you go for your own, your own, your own" 

All of a sudden it happened 

Both of then grabbed for a gun 

Both clearing leather, both fired together 

Everyone thought it was one gun, one gun, one gun 

A forty-five slug hit the outlaw and spun him around 

His life was over, he died on his way to the ground 

To our surprise we watched as the ranger 

Took one faltering step 

Slowly he crumbled and fell to the ground 

A bullet was deep in his side 

He looked all around but he spoke not a word 

A faint little smile and he died, he died, he died 

He was a small man but this man was all man 

He was accustomed to danger 

He knew the badlands, he knew every bad man 

This man was a ranger, ranger, ranger