Why was I dead?
Something I said
Letter you'd read
Made me eat lead?
Way you were bred
Always see red
Such a hot head
Reason has fled.
Lying in bed
Anger you fed
Watched as I bled
Night we were wed.
Courtroom you pled
"Not" of instead
Telling Judge Dred
Murdered poor Fred.
No one was fooled
Saw how you drooled
Photos were shown
Corpse you had known.
Cyanide gassed
Made you a ghost
Now you're at most
Pain that has passed.
I'll tell you this first, guns are my curse
I was dealt Ace's and watched all their faces
Looked around and called all in
Everyone folded, but Buckshot just grinned
He moved up his stack, with a loud crack
I just love playing a maniac
I drew two cards to make him think
He drew one card and took a drink
I reached for my boot, got my Two Shooter
Buckshot flipped over his eight outer
My Ace's won, as he went for his gun
I told him "Son, you make winning fun"
I filled my boot with money as Buckshot stood up
Could have been any outcome with my sad luck
He yelled "Eat lead you no good low down cheat"
I shot him dead with that Two Shooter in my sleeve
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