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Im 025m mmOE.
.-.Im OZr xzmg
Im 025m .2
SLOWLY HE WALKED
TO THE END
OF THE BAR AND
HE ORDERED UP
ONE SLUG OF GIN

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WELL I COULD SEE
THAT HE WASN'T
A LARGE MAN
I COULD TELL THAT
HE WASN'T T00 TALL
I JUDGED HIM TO BE
ABOUT FIVE FOOT
THREE
AND HIS VOICE
WAS A SOFT TEXAS DRAWL
SAID HE WOULD WORK
THROUGH THE WINTER
FOR THIRTY A MONTH
AND HIS BOARD
AND I COULD TELL
HE WAS A LOOKIN'
FOR TROUBLE
BY THE WAY THAT
HE CAME STOMPIN' IN
HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE
SHORTY THERE
BY HIMSELF
COME DOWN AND
WAIT ON A MAN
WHEN THE LITTLE MAN
SPOKE THERE
WAS STILLNESS
HE MADE SURE
THAT EVERYONE HEARD
SLOWLY HE STEPPED
AWAY FROM THE BAR
AND I STILL
REMEMBER THESE WORDS
OH IT'S PLAIN THAT
YOU'RE LOOKIN'
FOR TROUBLE

TROUBLE'S WHAT
I TRY TO SHUN
HIS HAND WAS ALREADY
POSITIONED
HIS FEET WIDE APART
ON THE FLOOR
I HADN'T NOTICED BUT
THERE ON HIS HIP WAS
A SHORT BARRELED
BAD 44
IT WAS PLAIN HE WAS
READY AND WAITIN'
HE LEANED A BIT
FORWARD AND SAID
WHEN YOU CALL ME
SHORTY SAY MR.
MY FRIEND
MAYBE YOU'D RATHER
BE DEAD
ALL DRINKIN' STOPPED
AND THE TICK OF
THE CLOCK
SAID DEATH WOULD
WAIT TEN SECONDS MORE
HE CURSED ONCE
0R TWICE IN
A WHISPER

AND HE SAID WITH
A SNARL ON HIS LIPS
NOBODY'S MR. TO ME
LITTLE MAN
AND HE GRABBED FOR
THE GUN ON HIS HIP

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A LITTLE ROUND HOLE
HAD APPEARED ON
HIS SHIRT
THE BULLET WENT CLEAR
THROUGH HIS HEART
THE LITTLE MAN STOOD
THERE A MOMENT
THEN HOLSTERED

THE BAD 44
IT'S ALWAYS THIS WAY
SO I NEVER STAY

SLOWLY HE WALKED
OUT THE DOOR
ZOWan xzmg 52..me
Im 025m mmOE.
.-.Im 5021-. mOWQmH
Im 025m w
THEY WON'T FORGET
HOW A 44 GUN
ONE NIGHT MADE THE
DIFFERENCE IN SIZE
AS FOR ME I'LL
REMEMBER
THE SADNESS

SHOWN IN
THE EYES OF
THE MAN
IF WE MEET SOME DAY
YOU CAN BET
I WOULD SAY
THAT IT'S ME
MR. SHORTY
YOUR FRIEND...
Mr. Shorty
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Title
Mr. Shorty
Artist
Marty Robbins
Brand
Silver Saddle Karaoke
Code
SSK014-04
Genres
country, country music