[Verse 1]
There’s guns across the river aimin' at ya
Lawman on your trail, he’d like to catch ya
Bounty hunters too, they’d like to get ya
Billy, they don’t like you to be so free

[Verse 2]
The businessmen in Taos want you to go down
So they hired Pat Garrett to make you slow down
Billy, don't it make you feel so low down
Hunted by a man who was your friend?

[Verse 3]
They say that Pat Garrett’s got your number
So sleep with one eye open when you slumber
'Cause every little sound might be thunder
Thunder from the barrel of his gun

[Verse 4]
And the Gypsy Queens will play your grand finale
Way down in some Tularosa alley
Maybe in the Rio Pecos Valley
Billy, they don't like you to be so free
Billy, they don't like you to be so free
Billy, they don't like you to be so free