Mark Erelli - Billy gray

Billy Grey rode into ^GGantry,^D back in ^AEighty-three ^GThere he did ^Dmeet young Sarah Mc^ACray This ^Dwild rose of ^Gmorning, ^Dpale flower ^Adawning ^GHerald of s^Dpringtime in ^Ahis young life that ^Dday

Sarah she could not ^Gsee the ^Ddaylight of re^Aality In ^Gher young eyes Billy ^Dbore not a ^Aflaw Not ^Dknowing her ^Gchosen one ^Dwas a hired ^Agun ^GWanted in ^DKansas City ^Aby the ^Dlaw

Then one day a ^Gtall man, came ^Driding 'cross the ^Abadlands That ^Glie to the ^Dnorth of New ^AMexico ^DHe was overheard to ^Gsay he was ^Dlooking for Billy ^AGrey A ^Gruthless ^Dman and a ^Adangerous out^Dlaw

The deadly news came ^Gcreeping, while ^DBilly lay ^Asleeping ^GThere in the ^DClaredon Bar and Ho^Atel He ^Dheaded for the ^Gold church, ^Dthere on the ^Aoutskirts ^GThinking to ^Dclimb the ^Aold steeple ^Dbell

A rifle ball came ^Gflying, face ^Ddown he lay ^Adying ^GThere in the dust of the ^Droad where he ^Afell ^DSarah came to ^Ghim, ^Dcursing the ^Alawman Ac^Gcepting no ^Dreason, just ^Aknowing he was ^Dkilled

Sarah lives in the ^Gsame old ^Dwhite frame ^Ahouse ^GWhere she first met ^DBilly some forty years a^Ago The ^Dwild rose of ^Gmorning had ^Dfaded with the ^Adawning Of ^Geach day of ^Dsorrow the ^Along years had ^Dsown

There on the ^Gstone where the ^Ddusty winds had long ^Ablown ^GWere eighteen ^Dwords to a passing world ^Asay "^DTrue love knows no ^Gseason, no ^Drhyme nor no ^Areason ^GJustice is ^Dcold as the ^AGrainger County ^Dclay"