Written by Leiber - Stoller - Wheeler
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Recorded by Hank Snow
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The cowboy was drunk and braggin'
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He told her he had a wagon
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A wagon filled up with gold that he'd stole
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And then covered all over with hay
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She cried when she learned what he'd done that day
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The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank
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At Santa Fe and got away
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Please take it all back she pleaded
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Said his love was all she needed
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But he said, "I only did it for you
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So don't you look at me that way."
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Because she loved him so, she said okay
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The girl who loved the man who robbed the bank
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At Santa Fe and got away
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But that night while she lay in the arms of her man
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He talked in his sleep and she discovered his plan
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He talked in his sleep and gave himself away
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When he talked of another girl waiting in San Jose
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With the same loving hands that thrilled him
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She picked up his gun and killed him
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She killed him and threw his gold dust all over his body
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Right there where it lay
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She was the only mourner there that prayed
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The girl who shot the man who robbed the bank
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At Santa Fe and got away
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The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
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Hank Snow |