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There was a man whose deeds were dark as night
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And quite by chance he rode into the light
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A man wild as the dust devil with no place to run
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Livin' by his wits and by his gun
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He met a girl like none he had ever known
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She cared not for the wild oats he had sown
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And so he laid his gun down and set his spirit free
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Began living in respectability
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But his old ways of thinkin' wouldn't die
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Could not forget the old creed he lived by
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And the good and bad and right and wrong kept fightin' for his soul
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Till his heart and mind both went out of control
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But now the old saloon had lost its spell
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What once was laughter now was living hell
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And the hookers guns and drinkin' in his life were out of place
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And in his mind he saw an angel's face
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So he burned all his bridges in a day
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And the devil deeds were done and laid away
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And he rode out a better man than when he first rode in
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And the angel got the bad man in the end
OUTRO:
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