Karaoké The Ballad of Billy the Kid Billy Joel

From a town known as Wheeling West Virginia

Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand

And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time

East and west of the Rio Grande

Well he started with a bank in Colorado

In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid

And his age and his size took the teller by surprise and the word spread of Billy the Kid

Well he never traveled heavy

Yes he always rode alone

And he soon put many older guns to shame

And he never had a sweetheart

And he never had a home

But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

Well he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma

And the law just could not seem to track him down

And it served his legend well for the folks they loved to tell 'bout when Billy the Kid came to town

Well one cold day a posse captured Billy

And the judge said

String him up for what he did

And the cowboys and their kin like the sea came pourin' in to watch the hangin' of Billy the Kid

Well he never traveled heavy

Yes he always rode alone

And he soon put many older guns to shame

And he never had a sweetheart

But he finally found a home underneath the boot hill grave that bears his name

From a town known as Oyster Bay Long Island

Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand

And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time

East and west of the Rio Grande