Desert sand is hot
And the sky is hotter.
And men would die for a drink of water
And one such drink
Was the farmers daughter
Since he would kill any man who sought her
And her dad was about seven feet tall
Mean as hell and built like a brick wall
Had a sawed off long as my left arm
Muthaf**ker used the thing as a side arm
He was mean and fast like a rattlesnake
Even scorpions got outta his way
Looking wrong at his girl would seal your fate
Put their heads in a pile by his back gate
But once a month if the sun wasn’t too high
He would take his little girl for a short ride
They would ride into town by the back way
She would shop and he would get a shave
I would watch from the roof as they rode by
I would wave when I knew I could catch her eye
While he was sitting down to have a shave
We would sneak in the back room and misbehave
Until one day when everything changed
Farmer thought that he didn’t really need a shave
But he stopped by the barber shop anyway
Only this time he came in by the back way
And what he saw when he pushed open the door
Was his little girl on her knees down on the floor
He screamed and with a loud roar
I moved faster than I ever moved before
“Bastardo!” he roared as I ran
chasing me as I ran unclad
“Turn around and face me like a man!”
I just screamed and hid behind the church man
“Tomorrow noon when the sun is high,
we will meet and you will die.
If noon comes and you are not there…
You will not hide from me anywhere”
High Noon on that fateful day
Farmer and barber face to face
Sweat glistened on the barbers brow
Nothing on the farmers but an angry frown
The barber blinked and the farmers gun
Spat fire in the blazing sun
The farmers daughter jumped in the way
And so instead stole the barbers fate
The farmer stood with his heart full of dread
Stood and stared at his baby girl
The barber put a bullet in the farmers head
And left them both in a pool of red
I rode away to the dead mans land
Meaning to end my life by my own hand
But for reasons I cannot understand
Stay to tell my tale to each passing man
