Luyện nghe bài hát Mr. Shorty

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

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

Said he was some wages
'Fore he could ride for the
Said he could do most all kind of
Said he could ride with the

There in his blue eyes was
That from the need of a friend
And tho' he tried, he couldn't hide
The there deep within

Said he work through the winter
For thirty a and his board
I started to say where he land a job
When a fellow came in the door

And I could tell he was lookin' for
From the way that he stompin' in
He told me to leave Shorty by himself
down and wait on a man

The eyes of the little man
The smile from his face
Gone was the that I had seen
And a wild look of hate took its

But the big one to mock him
And he me that I'd better go
him a couple of glasses of milk
Then maybe Shorty grow

When the little man spoke, was stillness
He made sure that everyone
Slowly he away from the bar
And I still these words

Oh, it's plain that lookin' for trouble
Trouble's what I try to
If that's what you want, that's what you'll get
'Cause cowboy, we're both guns

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

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

In the room was a silence
As the big one out on the floor
All drinkin' stopped and the tick of the
death would wait ten seconds more

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

But the little man's was like lightning
The bass forty-four was the
The forty-four spoke and it sent lead and
And inches of flame

For the big one had never cleared
Beaten before he could
A little round hole had on his shirt
The bullet went clear through his

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

knew where he came from
They won't he came by
They forget how a forty-four gun
One night made the difference in

As for me, remember the sadness
in the eyes of the man
If we meet someday, you can bet I say
That it's me, Mr. Shorty, friend