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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Don Henley
Drums
Glenn Frey
Vocals
Bernie Leadon
Acoustic Guitar
Randy Meisner
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don Henley
Songwriter
Glenn Frey
Songwriter
Jackson Browne
Songwriter
JD Souther
Songwriter
Jim Ed Norman
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Howard Kilgour
Assistant Engineer
Glyn Johns
Producer
Lyrics
They were duelin', Doolin-Dalton.
High or low, it was the same:
Easy money and faithless women,
Red-eye whiskey for the pain.
Go down, Bill Dalton, it must be God's will,
Two brothers lyin' dead in Coffeyville,
Two voices call to you from where they stood.
Lay down your law books now, They're no damn good.
Better keep on movin', Doolin-Dalton,
'Til your shadow sets you free.
If you're fast and if you're lucky,
You will never see that hangin' tree.
Well, the towns lay out across the dusty plains
Like graveyards filled with tombstones, waitin' for the names.
And a man could use his back or use his brains,
But some just went stir crazy, Lord, 'cause nothin' ever changed
'Til Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton.
He was workin' cheap, just bidin' time.
Then he laughed and said, "I'm goin'"
And so he left that peaceful life behind.
Mm...
Writer(s): Glenn Lewis Frey, Donald Hugh Henley, Jim Ed Norman
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