Fastest Gun Around Lyrics - No. 1 Cowboy - Marty Robbins

In the days of William Bonney, better known as Bill the Kid 

A young cowboy named Joey Steel was 'bout to make his bid 

Well, he heard one day that Bill the Kid, had just rode into town 

And if he could take him, he would be the fastest gun around 

He was just a kid of seventeen but he had a lightin' hand 

And he said it's time I showed the world that I've become a man 

Everyone thinks Billy is the fastest gun around 

But they will know, I'm faster when they see me shoot him down 

They finally came together down on Main Street just at five 

The people were all gathered wonderin' who'd be left alive 

Billy knew that Joey wanted notches on his gun 

And he wished that he could give him those he'd carved upon his own 

Joey's hand went to his side, he was sure that he had won 

But before he even fired, he saw the smoke of Billy's gun 

And he felt the bullet hit him hard and before his eyes he saw 

His wasted life pass quickly ending with this fatal draw