The song The Fastest Gun Around is performed by Marty Robbins in the album named Under Western Skies in the year 1995 .
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 pa*s quickly ending with this fatal draw
Billy breathed more easily and he put away his gun
And he tried to ease his conscience for the wrong that he had done
Then he saddled up his horse and headed Westward out of town
And he wondered just how long he'd be the fastest gun around
Marty Robbins - Under Western Skies
Under Western Skies
- Cool Water
- In The Valley
- Running Gun
- The Master's Call
- The Little Green Valley
- A Hundred And Sixty Acres
- Billy The Kid
- The Strawberry Roan
- They're Hanging Me Tonight
- Utah Carol
- She Was Young And She Was Pretty
- Little Joe, The Wrangler
- I've Got No Use For The Women
- Billy Venero
- This Peaceful Sod
- Five Brothers
- San Angelo
- Jimmy Martinez
- Ghost Train
- Song Of The Bandit
- Wind
- Prairie Fire
- My Love
- The Bend In The River
- When The work's All Done This Fall
- Abilene Rose
- Dusty Winds
- Old Red
- Doggone Cowboy
- Small Man
- The Red Hills Of Utah
- Tall Handsome Stranger
- The Fastest Gun Around
- Man Walks Among Us
- Johnny Fedavo
- The Cowboy In The Continental Suit
- I'm Gonna Be A Cowboy
- Cry Stampede
- Oh, Virginia
- Meet Me Tonight In Laredo
- Take Me Back To The Prairie
- The Wind Goes
- An Old Pal, A Real Pal
- Feleena (From El Paso)
- Never Tie Me Down
- Lonely Old Bunkhouse
- Night Time On The Desert
- Cottonwood Tree
- Mister Shorty
- When It's Lamplighting Time InThe Valley
- Is there Anything Left I Can Say
- Waiting In Reno
- The Mission In Guadalajara
- Love's Gone Away
- Bound For Old Mexico
- Chapel Bell Chime
- Don't Go Away Senor
- In The Valley Of The Rio Grande
- (The Girl With) Gardenias In Her Hair
- Spanish Lullaby
- That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
- Chant Of The Wanderer
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
- South Of The Border
- Sundown (Ballad Of Bill Thaxton)
- Queen Of The Big Rodeo
- Ava Maria Morales
- The Outlaws
- I'm Kin To The Wind
- Trail Dreamin'
- She's Just A Drifter
- Way Out There
- The Ballad Of The Small Man
- Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- Pride And The Badge
- All Around Cowboy
- Restless Cattle
- The Dreamer