歌手:Willie Nelson
专辑:《Tougher Than Leather》


He was Tougher Than Leather

And he didn＇t care whether
The sun shined or not

When a young kid from Cow Town

Wanted a showdown

And he was careless or just maybe forgot

But he died in the gunfight

Blinded by sunlight:

Never draw when you＇re facin＇ the sun

And old Tougher Than Leather

Just carved one more notch on his gun

And when he turned to go

The beautiful maiden knelt down

Where her dead sweetheart lay

And on his breast placed a rose

While the townspeople stared in dismay

And old Tougher Than Leather

Should＇ve known better

But he picked up the rose in his hand

And the townspeople froze

When his hands crushed the rose

And the rose petals fell in the sand

And old Tougher Than Leather

Was a full-time go-getter

The grass never grew beneath his feet

From one town to another
He would ride like the wind

But his mind kept going back to the street

Where a young cowboy died

And a young maiden cried

And rose petals fell in the sand

And his heart had been softened
By the beautiful maid

And he knew he must see her again

Well he went back to the town

Where it all had come down

And he searched but his search was in vain

He had wanted to find her
And say he was sorry

For causing her heart so much pain

But one night he died

From a poison inside

Brought on by the wrong he had done

And old Tougher Than Leather

Had carved his last notch on his gun

Well he was burried in Cow Town

Along about sundown

Lookin＇ good in his new store-bought clothes

When the young maiden came over

And knelt down beside him

And on his lapel placed a rose

There＇s a bird in the sky

Flying high flying high

To a place from a place

Changing skies changing skies