Tall Handsome Stranger Lyrics

The song Tall Handsome Stranger is performed by Marty Robbins in the album named Under Western Skies in the year 1995 .



A tall handsome stranger rode into town
With fire in his eyes burning red as sundown
His boots were all dusty, his coat open wide
Six ways of dying hung low on his side

He went in the town hall asking for me
They told him that I was still town deputy
I sent him to prison to pay for his crime
He killed a guard on the Sante Fe line

He spread word around town that my time had come
My notch was already carved on his gun
He's laughing and braggin and having his fun
It's all a show for he knows I won't run

That night in silence the town was asleep
I sat by my window and looked down the street
I wished in my heart that he would just ride away
I hated to face him next sunup that day

I met him at sunup, the crowd gathered round
Waitin and watching for one to go down
He grabbed for his six gun, tryin his best
He cursed as my bullet went deep in his chest

He stood there a moment and looked all around
Slowly and lifeless he fell to the ground
The stranger's my brother, born an outlaw
He must have forgotton I taught him to draw

The whole town was waiting and I was alone
The blood that I spilled was just like my own
When she hears this story, how Mother will cry
Brother 'gainst brother and one had to die

To die
To die



Marty Robbins - Under Western Skies

Oct 1995

  1. Cool Water
  2. In The Valley
  3. Running Gun
  4. The Master's Call
  5. The Little Green Valley
  6. A Hundred And Sixty Acres
  7. Billy The Kid
  8. The Strawberry Roan
  9. They're Hanging Me Tonight
  10. Utah Carol
  11. She Was Young And She Was Pretty
  12. Little Joe, The Wrangler
  13. I've Got No Use For The Women
  14. Billy Venero
  15. This Peaceful Sod
  16. Five Brothers
  17. San Angelo
  18. Jimmy Martinez
  19. Ghost Train
  20. Song Of The Bandit
  21. Wind
  22. Prairie Fire
  23. My Love
  24. The Bend In The River
  25. When The work's All Done This Fall
  26. Abilene Rose
  27. Dusty Winds
  28. Old Red
  29. Doggone Cowboy
  30. Small Man
  31. The Red Hills Of Utah
  32. Tall Handsome Stranger
  33. The Fastest Gun Around
  34. Man Walks Among Us
  35. Johnny Fedavo
  36. The Cowboy In The Continental Suit
  37. I'm Gonna Be A Cowboy
  38. Cry Stampede
  39. Oh, Virginia
  40. Meet Me Tonight In Laredo
  41. Take Me Back To The Prairie
  42. The Wind Goes
  43. An Old Pal, A Real Pal
  44. Feleena (From El Paso)
  45. Never Tie Me Down
  46. Lonely Old Bunkhouse
  47. Night Time On The Desert
  48. Cottonwood Tree
  49. Mister Shorty
  50. When It's Lamplighting Time InThe Valley
  51. Is there Anything Left I Can Say
  52. Waiting In Reno
  53. The Mission In Guadalajara
  54. Love's Gone Away
  55. Bound For Old Mexico
  56. Chapel Bell Chime
  57. Don't Go Away Senor
  58. In The Valley Of The Rio Grande
  59. (The Girl With) Gardenias In Her Hair
  60. Spanish Lullaby
  61. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
  62. Chant Of The Wanderer
  63. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
  64. South Of The Border
  65. Sundown (Ballad Of Bill Thaxton)
  66. Queen Of The Big Rodeo
  67. Ava Maria Morales
  68. The Outlaws
  69. I'm Kin To The Wind
  70. Trail Dreamin'
  71. She's Just A Drifter
  72. Way Out There
  73. The Ballad Of The Small Man
  74. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
  75. Pride And The Badge
  76. All Around Cowboy
  77. Restless Cattle
  78. The Dreamer

Tall Handsome Stranger