When the dusk clouds settled
he was gone and I try to be
patient and I try to be strong
but plans are just guesses
and guesses go wrong sometimes
For ten years he called this his home
But he rode off to places
that I'd never known
Time and money are wasted
when you spend them alone.
And it seemed my fate to always wait.
But he could dance like
nobody's business.
When we twirled, he sang in my ear
His laugh warmed the house
like a winter fire
Oh, that was the man who
lived here
Some called him an outlaw with no soul
They say he killed without mercy
That his blood was stone cold
And he held up the railroad
For silver and gold
Sometimes
Now they say some gun took him down
And he faded from this world
in some faraway town
And I only found out
when reporters came round
But I said that's not true
The man I knew
Well, he could dance like
nobody's business
And when we twirled, he sang in my ear
His laugh warmed the house
like a winter fire
Oh, that was the man who lived here
Yes, that was the man who
lived here
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