Billy The Kid
    (The Bandit King)
        (written by Mike Bryant / Thomas Long)
(BMI# 70912097)
(key of C)

Billy rode to town one winters day
Walked into the old saloon
He didn't have too much to say
His cold dark eyes held a warning sign
That said let me be
Or you will surely die
Yes Billy came to kill a man that day

When he reached the bar Billy laid his
	money down
With a snarl he said " Rye Whiskey "
All the cowboys gave him ground
His left gun hand was steady
And through the mirror his eyes found
The man he'd come to town to find
And he meant to gun him down

(Chorus)
Though Billy he was just a kid
He was fast upon the draw
The things that he would do this day
Would make him hunted by the law
His name became a legend
I've read of all the things he did
He was christened William Bonnie
But was known, Billy The Kid

(Musical Break)

As the years would pass his legend grew
And the trails that he would blaze
Were filled with many stories
Of the men put in their graves
It was a hot and dusty summer day
Billy's luck had reached it's end
He was shot down by Pat Garrett
A man he once called his friend

(Chorus #2)
But no one knew for certain
If it was Billy in the grave
Some say that Pat just let him go
If he promised to go straight
It's said he left for Mexico
While the world thought they were rid
Of the outlaw who was legend
The boy they called Billy The Kid

(Chorus)
Though Billy he was just a kid
He was fast upon the draw
The things that he would do this day
Would make him hunted by the law
His name became a legend
I've read of all the things he did
He was christened William Bonnie
But was known, Billy The Kid

(Tag)
He was the outlaw bandit king
The boy they called Billy The Kid