The Baron lyrics

Artist  : Johnny Cash 
Song : The Baron
 


Wish I had a known ya
When you were a little
younger
Around me you might have learned
a
thing or two
If I had known you longer
You
might be a little Stronger
And maybe you’d
shoot straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe
you’d shoot straighter
Then you do

As
he walked into the poolroom
You could tell he
didn’t fit
In his handmade boots, custom
suits
and pearl handled shooting
stick
Tonight there’d be a showdown
then
everyone would know
Who shoots the meanest
game around
The Baron or Billy Joe
Billy
Joe looked Edgy
About to lose his cool
But
the Baron’s hands were steady
As the two
began to duel
Yeah he was like a general
on
a battlefield of slate
And he’d say to Billy
Joe
each time he sunk the eight
He’d
Say

Wish I had a known ya
When you were
a little younger
Around me you might have
learned
a thing or two
If I had known you
longer
You might be a little Stronger
And
maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then you
doooo
Maybe you’d shoot straighter
Then
you do

Now Billy Joe was busted
But he
hadn’t felt the sting
And from the far end
of the table
He threw his mother’s wedding
ring
And he said you won my money
But it
ain’t gonna do the trick
I’ll bet this
ring on one more game
against your fancy
stick
The Baron’s eyes got foggy
as the
ring rolled on the felt
And he almost doubled
over
Like he had been hit below the
belt
Twenty years ago
It was the ring his
wife had worn
And he didn’t know before he
left
that a son would soon be born
It
sounded just like thunder
when the Baron shot
the break
But it grew thickly quiet
as He
lined up the eight
Then a warm hand touched
his shoulder
and it chilled him to the
bone
When he turned and saw the woman
Who
had loved him for so long
The game was never
finished
The eight ball never fell
The
Baron calmly picked it up
and put it on the
shelf
Then he placed the ring
In the hands
that held him long ago
and he tossed that
fancy shooting stick
To his son Billy
Joe
And he said

Wish I had a known
ya
When you were a little younger
Around me
you might have learned
a thing or two
If I
had known you longer
You might be a little
Stronger
And maybe you’d shoot
straighter
Then you doooo
Maybe you’d
shoot straighter
Then you do