Intro
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[Verse]
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They were Doolin, Doolin-Dalton
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High or low, it was the same
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Easy money, and faithless women
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Red eye whiskey for the pain.
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Go down Bill Dalton, it must be God's will
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Two brothers lyin dead in Coffeeville.
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Two voices call to you from where they stood,
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"Lay down your lawbooks now, they're no damn good."
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Better keep on movin, Doolin-Dalton
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Till your shadow sets you free.
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And if you're fast, and if you're lucky,
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You will never see that hangin tree.
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Well the towns lay out across the dusty plain
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Like graveyards filled with tombstones waitin for the names
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And a man could use his back or use his brains
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But some just went stir-crazy Lord cause nothin ever changed
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Till Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton
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He was workin cheap, just buyin time
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And then he laughed and said I'm goin
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And so he left that peaceful life behind.
[Outro]
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