To the town of agua fria

rode a stranger one fine day

hardly spoke to

folks around him

didn't have too much to say

No-one dared

to ask his business

no-one dared

to make a slip

For the stranger

there among them

had a big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip

It was early in the mornin'

when he rode into the town

he came ridin' from

the South side

slowly lookin' all around

He's an outlaw loose

and runnin' came the

whisper from each lip

And he's here to do

some business with

the big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip

In this town there lived

an outlaw by the

name of Texas red

many men had tried to

take him and that

many men were dead

He was vicious and

a killer though

a youth of twenty four

And the notches on

his pistol numbered

one and nineteen more

one and nineteen more

Now the stranger started

talkin' made it plain

to folks around

was an Arizona ranger

wouldn't be too long in town

He came here to take

an outlaw back

alive or maybe dead

and he said it didn't matter

he was after Texas red

after Texas red

Wasn't long before

the story was

relayed to Texas red

but the outlaw didn't

worry men that tried

before were dead

Twenty men had tried

to take him twenty men

had made a slip

Twenty one would be

the ranger with

the big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip

The morning passed so

quickly it was time

for them to meet

it was twenty past

eleven when they

walked out in the street

Folks were watchin'

from the windows

everybody held

their breath

They knew this handsome

ranger was about

to meet his death

about to meet his death

There was forty feet

between 'em

when they stopped

to make their play

And the swiftness of

the ranger is still

talked about today

Texas red had not

cleared leather 'fore

a bullet fairly ripped

And the ranger's aim

was deadly with

the big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip

It was over in a moment

and the folks had

gathered 'round

there before them lay

the body of the

outlaw on the ground

Oh, he might have

went on livin'

but he made one fatal slip

When he tried to match

the ranger with

the big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip

Big iron, big iron

when he tried to match

the ranger with

the big iron on his hip

big iron on his hip...