Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

Nobody knew he came from
They only he came in
Slowly he to the end of the bar
And he up one slug of gin

Well, I could see that he wasn't a man
I could tell he wasn't too tall
I him to be 'bout five foot three
And his voice was a Texas drawl

Said he was needin' wages
'Fore he could for the west
Said he could do all kind of work
Said he ride with the best

There in his blue was sadness
comes from the need of a friend
And tho' he tried, he still couldn't
The loneliness deep within

Said he would through the winter
For a month and his board
I started to say he might land a job
a fellow came in through the door

And I tell he was lookin' for trouble
From the way he came stompin' in
He me to leave Shorty there by himself
Come down and on a man

The eyes of the man narrowed
The disappeared from his face
Gone was the friendliness that I had
And a wild look of hate its place

But the big one to mock him
And he told me I'd better go
Find him a couple of of milk
Then Shorty would grow

When the man spoke, there was stillness
He made that everyone heard
Slowly he stepped from the bar
And I remember these words

Oh, plain that you're lookin' for trouble
what I try to shun
If that's what you want, then that's what get
cowboy, we're both packin' guns

His hand was already
Feet apart on the floor
I hadn't noticed but on his hip
Was a barreled bass forty-four

It was plain, he was and waitin'
He leaned a bit forward and
"When you me Shorty, say Mister, my friend
Maybe you'd be dead"

In the room was a terrible
As the big one stepped out on the
All drinkin' stopped and the of the clock
Said death would ten seconds more

He cussed once or twice in a
And he said with a on his lips
Nobody's Mister to me, man
And he grabbed for the gun on his

But the little hands was like lightning
The bass was the same
The forty-four spoke and it lead and smoke
And inches of flame

For the big one had never leather
Beaten he could start
A little round had appeared on his shirt
The bullet went clear through his

The man stood there a moment
Then holstered the bass
It's always way so I never stay
Slowly he walked out the

Nobody knew he came from
won't forget he came by
They won't how a forty-four gun
One night made the difference in

As for me, I'll remember the
Shown in the of the man
If we someday, you can bet I would say
it's me, Mr. Shorty, your friend