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Johnny Cash Big Iron Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.80/10 [5 votes]Album: Unearthed / Original Release Date: 2003-11-25Genre: CountrySong Duration: 3 min 52 sec
Big Iron
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
JOHNNY CASH
- Big Iron LyricsTo the town of Agua Fria,
rode a stranger one fine day,
hardly spoke to folks around him,
didn't have to 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,
a big iron on his hip.
It was early in the morning
when he rode into the town,
he came riding from the south side
slowly looking all around,
he's an outlaw loose and running
came the whisper from each lip
and he's here to do some business
with the big iron on his hip,
the 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 this stranger started talking
made it plain to folks around,
he 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.
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 their windows
everybody held their breath,
they knew this handsome Ranger
was about to meet his death,
was about to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them
when they stopped to make their play,
and the swiftness of the Ranger
is still talked about today,
Texas Red had not cleared leather
when a bullet fairly ripped,
and the Rangers aim was deadly
with the big iron on his hip,
the big iron on his hip.
Big iron, big iron,
and he tried to match the Ranger
with the big iron on his hip,
the big iron on his hip.
rode a stranger one fine day,
hardly spoke to folks around him,
didn't have to 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,
a big iron on his hip.
It was early in the morning
when he rode into the town,
he came riding from the south side
slowly looking all around,
he's an outlaw loose and running
came the whisper from each lip
and he's here to do some business
with the big iron on his hip,
the 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 this stranger started talking
made it plain to folks around,
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.
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 their windows
everybody held their breath,
they knew this handsome Ranger
was about to meet his death,
was about to meet his death.
There was forty feet between them
when they stopped to make their play,
and the swiftness of the Ranger
is still talked about today,
Texas Red had not cleared leather
when a bullet fairly ripped,
and the Rangers aim was deadly
with the big iron on his hip,
the big iron on his hip.
Big iron, big iron,
and he tried to match the Ranger
with the big iron on his hip,
the big iron on his hip.
Facts about Big Iron
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Big Iron is written by Marty Robbins.
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It is first released on November 25, 2003 as part of Johnny Cash's album "Unearthed" which includes 79 tracks in total. This song is the 43rd track on this album.
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When we try to interpret the meaning, cash's rendition of 'Big Iron' is a tale that revolves around a mysterious figure who, with a gun like none other, struts into town only to face off with the infamous outlaw Texas Red. The entire piece is built around the heavy themes of justice, fearlessness, and the impossible battle between good and evil, along with the 'big iron on his hip' metaphor that speaks for a power and dominion in the Wild West. The lyrics of Big iron mainly convey and express feelings of angst, anger, adventure, frustration and insecurity. But on the other hand, the song's main point is that justice and law enforcement, danger and violence and heroism go together. The lyrics depict the themes of violence and death connected to an outlaw and a ranger, which might not be suitable for very young children. Although there is no rough language or graphic content, the adult themes still require parental discretion.
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Big Iron falls under the genre Country.
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Big Iron song length is 3 minutes and 52 seconds.
Who wrote Big Iron lyrics?
Big Iron is written by Marty Robbins.
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When was Big Iron released?
It is first released on November 25, 2003 as part of Johnny Cash's album "Unearthed" which includes 79 tracks in total. This song is the 43rd track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Big Iron lyrics?
When we try to interpret the meaning, cash's rendition of 'Big Iron' is a tale that revolves around a mysterious figure who, with a gun like none other, struts into town only to face off with the infamous outlaw Texas Red. The entire piece is built around the heavy themes of justice, fearlessness, and the impossible battle between good and evil, along with the 'big iron on his hip' metaphor that speaks for a power and dominion in the Wild West. The lyrics of Big iron mainly convey and express feelings of angst, anger, adventure, frustration and insecurity. But on the other hand, the song's main point is that justice and law enforcement, danger and violence and heroism go together. The lyrics depict the themes of violence and death connected to an outlaw and a ranger, which might not be suitable for very young children. Although there is no rough language or graphic content, the adult themes still require parental discretion.
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Which genre is Big Iron?
Big Iron falls under the genre Country.
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How long is the song Big Iron?
Big Iron song length is 3 minutes and 52 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Marty Robbins
Record Label(s): 2003 American Recordings, LLC
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It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round.There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground. He might have went on living, but he made one fatal slip, When he tried to mat