The Man in Red

Lyrics

Gather around me, my good friends, 'cause I got a tale to tell About a man who shot me once, and this wound still feels like hell I was riding high after a wild night, and I saw a man in red And I told him, "Hey, you're in my way," and he said "You're as good as dead" He was mean and part machine, his shotgun's thunder burst His lead hit home, I hit the dirt, even though I drew first Now he won the gunplay, all in fair play, but I had to know The reason why he wore crimson red from head to toe And I was bleeding out, but the man in red, he said "Boy, you listen close And I'll explain the genesis of the color of my choice" He said "When I was young, my daddy took me to a bullring far from town To man me up and make me tough, so I'd never back down I felt the rise of the bull's eyes when it saw the cape blood red I knew right then, the hue for which I'd been born and bred" So heed this warning, avoid this man, good night and so long You can forget the singer, but don't forget the song