Let Me tell You a tale of a man so cruel <br />He never went back to the scene of the crime <br />He knew better than that He was no mans fool <br />And the Lawman had been chasing Him for the longest time <br /> <br />He could hide His tracks like He took no steps <br />He would blow into town for an hour or so <br />Get what He need and He’d take it free <br />But He left a trail of blood wherever He’d go <br /> <br />The Lawman arrived two minutes to late <br />Just as the first alarm sirens sound <br />Angry and frustrated He dropped to His knees <br />The man He was chasing had just left town <br /> <br />He went that way cried the woman wearing green <br />I saw Him run with My own two eyes <br />My man chased Him down towards the wide river stream <br />You had better catch up before they reach the other side <br /> <br />When the Lawman arrived the river ran red <br />There was a man lying still upon the distant shore <br />The lady in greens husband was dead <br />The Lawman left wondering how many more <br /> <br />The Lawman caught up near the mountain top <br />The final showdown was about to begin <br />The silence was eerie you could hear a pin drop <br />But it was man against man and who would win <br /> <br />One, two, three and they drew their guns <br />The noise echoed out like a clap of thunder <br />The blood dropped down like the setting sun <br />Who was hit first I still sit and wonder <br /> <br />At the burying grounds there was a sigh of relief <br />That the man so cruel was no longer around <br />But sadness quickly followed as they lay down the wreaths <br />Over their hero the Lawman as they lowered him down <br /> <br />A promise is a promise and I promise to keep <br />The story of this hero a house hold tale today <br />And how He died atop that mountain so steep <br />And never once considered to turn and run away<br /><br />Tim David Cook<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-ballad-of-a-cruel-man-brought-down/
