Damn Red Cooper
Damn Red Cooper is a son of a ,
fast with a gun, trigger finger will itch,
all the folks say that he’s killed twenty men,
now he’s saying that I’ll be one of them.
Damn Red Cooper had his eye on a girl,
worked the cathouse, liked to give her a twirl,
now mad as hell that she done left the life,
says he’ll kill me ’cause I made her a wife.
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Damn Red Cooper is acomin’ to town,
tells all he meets that he will shoot me down,
thinks I wronged him, wants to even the score,
says my wife is gonna become his whore.
Damn Red Cooper got the locals all scared,
none dare help me, even if they might care,
even the sheriff says I better run,
he can’t help me and I’m as good as done.
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Damn Rec Cooper comes marchin’ up the street,
dust goes flying from the stomp of his feet,
sees me standing there with no sign of life,
smiles like a demon and tells me to draw.
Damn Red Cooper sees I won’t move my hand,
dive for the alley, he don’t understand,
comes on cursing me for making him run,
turns the corner and sees two scatter-guns.
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got guns on the short run!)
Dam Red Cooper stares at me and my wife,
very last things he will see in this life,
we both fire, turn his chest into mush,
body goes flyin’ and falls into the dust.
Damn Red Cooper looks up with dying eyes,
still not believe the way that he died,
never known why some men just can’t behave,
guess he can think about that in his grave.
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got ya’ on the short run!)
Damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
damn Red Cooper,
(Got ya’ on the short run!)
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2025
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