Pride And The Badge

All night long I tried to sleep but sleep refused to come Cause today I knew I'd either have to fight or run Knowin' if I choose to run my mind would never rest Cause with so much pride I wear this badge upon my vest Folks are filled with fear because there's three bad guns in town Sheriff Olsen made the wrong move and they shot him down One they called Dakota Jack and one El Paso Red The other just turned twenty and he's called the Killer Kid Good advice I get and that's to leave and run away But my pride and badge I wear won't let me live this way And if I stay the three have bragged they'll add me to their list But I have a different aim and I don't aim to miss From the doorway where I stand I see the outlaws three Worried none because they know the town's not helpin' me From a hundred yards away I try a lucky shot Luck is with me and Dakota Jack dies on the spot Well a kid runs through the barroom door and Red goes up the stairs The Kid is ragin' mad, he's breakin' bottles, kickin' chairs And from a roof El Paso Red has vowed to pay me back As he views the lifeless body of Dakota Jack I can see him as he jumps from one roof to the next Searchin' for me but he has no idea where I'm at But I watch his every move I'm ready when he leaps As I shoot him in mid air he crashes to the street Now there's one against just one I've evened up the score Down the street I hear a yell come through the barroom door The Kid has screamed, there's no way I can live unless I run Said there ain't no lawdog man enough to take his gun Through the barroom door he walks and steps out on the street I can't match his draw, he's much too fast for me to beat And as I walk toward him we both grab a forty-five Maybe I will die today and he will stay alive Like a hammer somethin' hits me spinnin' me around As I fall I shoot him twice before he hits the ground His bullet missed me , still I feel a burnin' in my chest His bullet hits the badge I wear with pride upon my vest As the people view the bodies of the lifeless three From their looks I know exactly what they think of me To them I'm just a killer and they could not care less 'Bout my pride or 'bout the badge I wear upon my vest