Arkansas Dave

Album: Twang (2009)
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  • He rode up on a winter day
    Steam risin' off a streak face bay
    Said you probably know my name
    If you don't it's Arkansas Dave

    He talked of fifteen years ago
    And how he got the bay he rode
    He said he killed a man in Ohio
    First man he killed, first horse he stole

    It was a long road for Arkansas Dave
    He shot and left him where he laid
    He said he'd never forget that winter day
    He rode off on a streak faced bay

    I stood up and I shook his hand
    Told no one that I knew this man
    Started thinkin' of a plan
    Bout how I'd deal him his last hand
    Didn't take him long to come unwound
    He jumped up and gunned two men down
    Ran outside to leave the town
    But ole bay was nowhere to be found

    I head out with my forty-four
    And when he walked back through the door
    I shot till I could shoot no more
    And Dave Rudabough fell to the floor

    It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave
    I shot and left him where he laid
    I'll never forget that winter day
    I rode off on a streak faced bay
    No I'll never forget that winter day
    When I rode home on Daddy's streak face bay Writer/s: BUBBA STRAIT
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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