Song Description
Marshall v Outlaw
| Song Length |
3:55 |
Genre |
Blues - Country, Country - Cowboy |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Aggressive |
Subject |
Judgement, Hero |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1800 - 1899 |
Lyrics
MESQUITE PETE & CACTUS JACK
V1/
MESQUITE PETE WAS A CHEATINÃ?Â? GAMBLER AND HE WORKED THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA RIVERBOAT LINE.
CACTUS JACK WAS A U.S. MARSHALL AND HE ALWAYS GOT HIS MAN EITHER DEAD OR ALIVE.
PETE KILLED A MAN DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS Ã?Â?BOUT A PAIR OF DUECES AND SOME EXTRA QUEENS,
BUT LIKE CROSS EYED SNAKE, HE MADE ONE MISTAKE, WITH HIS SNAKE OIL SMILE AND HIS FOX PELT COAT, HE VAMOOSED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA GAMBLING BOAT.
CHORUS.
DONÃ?Â?T MESS WITH JACK CAUSE HEÃ?Â?LL TAKE YOU BACK AND YOUÃ?Â?LL BE LOOKING AT THE HANGMANS NOOSE.
WITH A CLICK OF THE HAMMER FROM HIS PEACEMAKER COLT, HE COULD SLAP LEATHER THERE WAS NO ONE BETTER,
IF HE HAD YOUR PICTURE ON A WANTED POSTER, WITH A HAIL OF LEAD YOU COULD WIND UP DEAD,
OR BE SWINGING FROM THE HANGING TREE.
V2/
TUMBLEWEEDS WERE BLOWING WHEN PETE SAW JACK, IT WAS DRY AS MOHAVE SAND.
PETE DREW LEATHER WHEN HE SAW JACK STANDING BY THE SALOON CALLED THE LAZY HAND
WITH HIS LOW SLUNG GUN PETE THOUGHT HEÃ?Â?D WON, THEN HE FELT THE BULLETS BITE HIS CHEST.
JACK TOUCHED THE BRIM OF HIS STETSON HAT, BLEW THE SMOKE FROM THE BARREL OF HIS PEACEMAKER COLT SAID Ã?Â?YOU GOTTA BE BETTER THAN THAT IF YOU WANNA BE BEST.
CHORUS
V3/
UPON BOOT HILL THEREÃ?Â?S ANOTHER GRAVE, THROUGH THE WIND BLOWN DUST AND DIRT.
WITH A WOODEN CROSS AND DRAPED ACROSS IT WAS A BULLET RIDDEN OLD GREY COWBOY SHIRT.
THE NAME ON THE CROSS SAID MESQUITE PETE , AN OUTLAW GONE TO REST,
AND CACTUS JACK TOOK THE CANYON TRAIL,
TO TAME SOME MORE OF THE OLD WILD WEST.
CHORUS
CHORUS