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Early one mornin' with time to kill
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I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
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I saw a lone rider, crossin' the plain
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I drew a bead on him to practice my aim
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My brother's rifle went off in my hand
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The shot rang out, across the land
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The horse he kept runnin', the rider was dead
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I hung my head, I hung my head
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I set off runnin' to wake from the dream
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But my brother's rifle went into the stream
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I kept on runnin' into the salt lands
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And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
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The Sheriff he asked me, why had I run?
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Then it came to me just what I had done
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