SLOW MOVIN' OUTLAW
(Dee Moeller)

Waylon Jennings - 1973
Billie Jo Spears - 1978
Willie Nelson & Lacy J. Dalton - 1985



 
All the old stations are being torn down
And the high flying trains no longer roar
The floors are all sagging with boards that are suffering
>From not being used anymore
Things are all changing, the world's rearranging
A time that will soon be no more
Where has a slow movin', once quick-draw outlaw got to go

The whiskey that once settled the dust
And tasted so fine now taste of pain
And the mem'ries it once blotted out come back stronger
More clearly with each drink you take
The women that warmed you, once thought so pretty
Now look haggard and old
Where has a slow movin', once quick-draw outlaw got to go

The land where I travel once fashioned with beauty
Now stands with scars on her face
The wide open spaces are closing in quickly
>From the weight of the whole human race
And it's not that I blame them for claiming her bounty
I just wish they'd takin' it slow
'Cause where has a slow movin', once quick-draw outlaw got to go

Where has a slow movin', once quick-draw outlaw got to go


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2010)