Shooting Hand

I walked my sheriff's star on over to the bar
And I ordered me a shooter and a beer
The town was nice and quiet
Just the way I like
And I was thinking I was in the clear

So I dusted off my cowboy hat and knock a couple back
And then I saw her smile clear across the room
So I laid my money down
Ordered up a couple rounds
And I said how about a waltz just me and you

Don't go dancing with a woman who belongs to another man
Cause you wouldn't steal no pony off of someone else's land
If ya go looking for trouble it'll find you if it can
And don't go drinking with your shooting hand

I stumbled through those swinging doors with whiskey on my mind
And saw my Sarah in the long arms of the law
So I reached for my pearl grip
Hangin there on my hip
And sent a warning shot right through the wall

I had him dead to rights looking scared there in my sights
And told him that this dance would be his last
Sheriff badge or not
You're bout to get shot
So when you get to hell if anybody asks

Don't go dancing with a woman who belongs to another man
Cause you wouldn't steal no pony off of someone else's land
If ya go looking for trouble it'll find you if it can
So don't go drinking with your shooting hand

With her hand in my left and a longneck in my right
That bastard had me caught but I'll be damned
When he went to shoot me
The fear of god went through me
But not no bullet turns out the gun was jammed

Don't go dancing with a woman who belongs to another man
Cause you wouldn't steal no pony off of someone else's land
If ya go looking for trouble it'll find you if it can
So don't go shooting with your drinking hand
Yeah don't go drinking with your shooting hand