Many moons ago before the west was won And the law was just the youngest man with the fastest gun I was the tyrant of the desert the sultan of the plains With a golden palomino for the golden suzerain
I didn't ride with Shotgun Betty Didn't ride with Jesse James I didn't ride with wanted outlaws, didn't ride with outlaw gangs You'll never find my name though you may look For my name is only found in the Devil's book
I leave a wake of death behind me A thousand miles wide A thousand rivers of blood and tears the dying cried I remember every plea for mercy, begged in vain I am the great separator and the instrument of pain
I didn't ride with Shotgun Betty Didn't ride with Jesse James I didn't ride with wanted outlaws, didn't ride with outlaw gangs You'll never find my name though you may look For my name is only found in the Devil's book
I was the tyrant of the desert the sultan of the plain With a golden palomino for the golden suzerain I've killed more living souls than the Devil can claim And I'll kill a thousand more because I have no name
I didn't ride with Shotgun Betty Didn't ride with Jesse James I didn't ride with wanted outlaws, didn't ride with outlaw gangs You'll never find my name though you may look For my name is only found in the Devil's book.