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Shot Down Lyrics by Burning Rain

Pleasure To Burn

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Well he was raised up by a preacher in the badlands
His bible was a black colt 45
N' Johnny said no two bit man would ever take him alive
He was a renegade a pistol whippin gambler
Wore silver spurs n' always dressed to kill
But one day it came
His rival took aim with a dead eye chill

A crowd stood n' starred
But nobody cared
N' Johnny lay there still

Shot down
Torn from this world by a six gun flame
Shot down
His body lay down in the pouring rain

Now Johnny lived his life by codes of pride n' glory
He always told em take your damn best shot
But this day his luck ran dry n' caught him straight through the heart
Then Johnny's mamma came out runnin' from the church house
She asked the lord have mercy on his soul
But she never cried
She knew it was time for this bell to toll

And sometimes in town the wind makes a sound
N' Johnny's name still shows

[Chorus}

N' when justice stuck his blackened heart
Johnny felt his pride go numb
But he never prayed for mercy
He knew his time had come

His judge and his jury in a six-gun blaze
A colt 45 took Johnny's life
They shot him cold when justice tolled

About “Shot Down” by Burning Rain

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"Shot Down" appears on "Pleasure To Burn".

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