Billy Joel - Billy The Kid Lyrics
From the time known as Wheeling West VirginiaRode a boy with a 6 gun in his handAnd his daring life of crimeMade him a legend in his timeEast and West of the Rio GrandeWell he started with a bank in ColoradoIn the pocket of his vest, a Colt he hidAnd his age and his size took the teller by surpriseAnd word spread of Billy the Kid...Well he never heavyYes, he always rode aloneAnd he soon put other older guns to shameAnd he never had a sweetheartAnd he never had a homeBut the cowboy and the rancher knew his nameWell he robbed his way from Utah to OklahomaAnd the law just couldn't seem to track him downWell it serves his legend wellFor the folks they love to tell about when Billy the Kid came to townOn one cold day a posse captured BillyAnd the judge said "String him up for what he did!"And the cowboys and their kin like a sea, came pouring came in to watch the hanging of Billy the KidWell he never heavyYes, he always rode aloneAnd he soon put other older guns to shameAnd he never had a sweetheartAnd he never had a homeBut the cowboy and the rancher knew his nameFrom a town known as Oyster Bay, Long IslandRode a boy with a six pack in his handAnd his daring life of crimeMade him a legend in his timeEast and West of the Rio Grande
