Ian Frazier - The Ballad of Jonah Hex | Текст песни

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• Ian Frazier
• The Ballad of Jonah Hex

With a tomahawk scar and a six shooter hip he enters the dusty saloon
Heads to a table where the men play poker and asks if there’s any room
They let him in, he takes a seat, and then he pretends to play
But the game is just a diversion while he’s waiting for his prey
The doors swing open and a man steps in brown hat and a big belt buckle
Walks to the table and asks to play with a friendly hearty chuckle
A flick of the wrist, a flash and a bang, the buckle hits the floor
The scarred man rises from his seat, he’s not playing anymore

My name is Jonah Hex and I’ve come for this man’s bounty
You may have heard my name before its known in many counties
You said to bring him live or dead
Now pay the price that’s on his head
And I will be straight on my way
Pray I don’t come for you some day
Whoa, he rode into the sun

He rides from town to town searching for a face that’s on a poster
He speaks to the right people and he knows he’s getting closer
He meets up with his target in the pink and red sunset
The man is filled with chills for he knows of Jonah Hex
He sees the scar and he goes for his gun a split second too late
Jonah takes him alive just to get a higher rate
The man was hanged in the old town square
And Jonah left with his fair share
Gone collecting tarnished souls
Putting men in six foot holes

At the age of 15 Jonah rescued an Apache chief
But the chief’s son didn’t like him and he raged with jealousy
He and Jonah went out to commence in pony theft
The son then betrayed Jonah and he left him there for dead
Years later Jonah found the tribe to get his old score settled
The chief decided the two young men should have a tomahawk battle
The son he cheated, he knew that Jonah’s handle would break during the fight
But Jonah broke the rules when he killed him with a knife
The chief decided the mark of the demon had been earned
So he tied up Jonah and gave half his face a gruesome tomahawk burn
This is the way the man was forged so many years ago
If you were wondering about the scar, well ah, now you know