The Last Gunfighter Ballad Lyrics

Chorus Well it's a nickel for the fiddler. It's a nickel for his tune. It's a nickel for the tambourine kind of afternoon. And it's a high holiday on the 21st of June. And it's cou...Read Full Lyrics

I wish I had a dime for every bad time But the bad times always seem to keep the change You been all alone so you know what I'm sayin' So when all you can recall is the pain [Chor...Read Full Lyrics

He's a black haired boy of some confusion And he makes no excuse for the things that he's usin' He's gentle and wild and a child of the mountain His words are for singing and his d...Read Full Lyrics

Now broken hearted people always seem to drink And tryin' to drown those sorrows ain't as easy as you think But living with a liar is a hard old way to go Laughin' just to keep fro...Read Full Lyrics

He washed all the road dirt from his face and from his neck And sat down at her table and she picked up his check. And she took him home for reasons that she did not understand. An...Read Full Lyrics

He's a wino, tried and true. Done about everything there is to do. He worked on freighters, he worked in bars. He worked on farms, 'n he worked on cars. It was white port, tha...Read Full Lyrics

I'm going down to Austin, Texas I'm going down to save my soul Get that bar-be -que and chili Eat my fill then come back home I'm gonna take my baby with me We gonna have a high ol...Read Full Lyrics

And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street Like an old ...Read Full Lyrics

Pack up all your dishes. Make note of all good wishes. Say goodbye to the landlord for me. That son of a bitch has always bored me. Throw out them LA papers And that moldy bo...Read Full Lyrics

Standin' on the gone side of leavin' She found a thumb and stuck it in the breeze She'll take anything that's goin' close to somewhere She can lay it down and live it like she'd pl...Read Full Lyrics