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맑은 물로 곱게 개면
무슨 색이 나올까.
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시월 하늘은 회색
시린 마음도 회색
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팔자에 없이
미주리주 변경에서
늙어가는 카우보이가 될 수도 없고.
거 참.
I am far away from home
With neither family nor friends
I never meant to stay so long
in the Missouri borderlands
Three years ago I held a job
Saw the world from my pony sway
Riding drag on a dusty mount
I knew I'd worked when I drew my pay
But times got hard, Christ times got mean
And I fell ln with desperate men
And one night the worst of them
Laid out what was an awful plan
I did not like such wicked talk
Of Murder and bold robbery
I told those men I would walk
And they all aimed their guns at me
Their prisoner I helped rob a bank
And much gold we did obtain
They shot a boy just for the spor
I stood and watched his young life wane
Such dreadful sounds I'd never heard
His mother’s wailing filled the room
She looked at me and screamed these words
Devil take you to your doom
I turned to face that murderous crew
Shot ‘em dead.
I killed all four
And the only thing I rue
Had not thought of that befor
The posse found me outside of town
As I was kneeeling there to pray
From my gallows high I to lay down
In a dark Missouri grave
Please hide the rope stains around my neck
When my mother sees me dead
Please don’t let my brothers take
The faithful path I chose to tread
Cause im far away from home
With neither family nor friends
I never meant to stay so long
in the Missouri borderlands
And now I'll spend eternity
in the Missouri borderlands