15. The Coward Howard Lee
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SONG NOTES:
“”i need another drink””
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“”oh what a drunken fool”” i said to myself in a real hush
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and Lee turned around sober as a judge so fast
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youd think hes a prospector
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and i was a gold rush
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and right then and there i knew
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The coward Howard Lee
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seemed to have been scheming
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a plan most cowardly
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before i knew it
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i had a sharp pain in my side
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it seemed my life was ending
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in such vain and so little pride
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i heard the angel’s voices
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like trumpets in the sky
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i saw the lights on top of their head
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i heard their hue and cry
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they said “”oh cullah don’t you fret
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it aint time to say goodbye
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we aint here for you
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were here for that other guy””
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*not finished*
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slowly the world i had just left
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started coming back to me
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everything became clear
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the moment i saw howard lee was near
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i got up off the floorboards
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wiped the blood from my brow
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tapped howard lee on his shoulder
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and asked him “”how strong you feelin now?””
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i cut up into his face
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with a punch backed by angel grace
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the coward howard lee
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was the
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oh you coward howard lee
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dont you know you to never mess with me
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LYRICS:
back in 1843
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there was a cowboy named Howard Lee
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who was known to everyone
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to act quite especially cowardly
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one brisk day
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quite brisk for the south
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he had a few too many drinks
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started runnin his mouth
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on this same day i walked into a cantina
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asked for a whiskey on the rocks
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Howard Lee turned right towards me
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started poking fun at my red socks
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i in turn turned towards him to tell him
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“they were a gift from the misses””
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“”and if you keep on talking
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“”you’ll join your wet friends the fishes””
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Lee seemed to not like this
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almost as much as i disliked him
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and almost on a whim i thought
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i ought to brace myself for a flying limb
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and whatdo you know
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i knew Lee’d throw his fist
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miss and fall down on the ground
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with a sound like a floppin fish
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but Lee got up real fast
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faster than a man could blink
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but he had his back towards me
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told the bartender