Billy Gray

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Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and entertainer. Debuting with 1984's No Kinda Dancer, the Houston native has recorded 18 full-length albums for both independent and major record labels. His songs have had cover versions recorded by many musicians, including George Strait, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett, The Highwaymen and Nanci Griffith Although both his albums and his live performances span many different styles, from folk, country, and bluegrass to rock, he is most commonly affiliated with the Americana genre. Keen has toured extensively both in the US and abroad throughout his career, and was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012 along with Lyle Lovett and the late Townes Van Zandt. more »

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Billy Gray rode into Gantry back in '83 
There he did meet young Sarah McCray
The wild rose of morning that pale flower of dawning 
Herald of springtime in his young life that day

Sarah,    she could not see the daylight of reality 
In her young eyes, Billy bore not a flaw
Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun 
Wanted in Kansas City by the law

Then one day a tall man came riding cross the badlands
That lie to the north of New Mexico 
He was overheard to say he was lookin' for Bill Gray
A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw

Well, the deadly news came creepin' to Billy, fast sleepin'
There in the Clarendon Bar and Hotel 
He fled towards the old church, there on the outskirts
Thinking he'd climb that old steeple bell

But a rifle ball came flying face down he lay dying 
There in the dust of the road where he fell 
Sarah, she ran to him cursing the lawman 
Accepting no reason knowing he was killed

Sarah lives in that same old white frame house
Where    she first met Billy some forty years ago 
And the wild rose of morning has faded
With the dawning of each day of 
Sorrow the long years have sown

Written on a stone
where the dusty winds have long blown 
Eighteen words to a passing world say:
"True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason 
Justice is cold as the Granger County clay"

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