James, come on home
You`ve been gone too long baby
We can`t let out hero die alone
We miss you day and night
You left town to live by the rifle
You left us to fight
But it just ain`t right to take away the light
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Remember Genie, from the casino
She`s still a-waiting in her big brass bed
The boys from your gang are knocking whiskey back
`Till they get out of hand
And wish they were dead
They`re only lonely for the life they led
With their old friend
Ooh, James are you selling your soul to a cold gun?
Where lies your heart?
It`s not there in the buckskin baby
It`s not there in the gin that makes you laugh long and loud
You`re a coward James
Your running away from humanity
You`re running out on reality
It won`t be funny when they
Rat-a-tat-tat you down
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