Big Iron

Johnny Cash

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Intro : To the town of Aqua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the southside slowly looking all around He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered one and nineteen more One and nineteen more Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around He was an Arizona Ranger wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red After Texas Red The morning passed so quckly it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out on the street Folks were watching from their windows everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death Was about to meet his death There was forty fet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped And the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip the Big iron on his hip It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Big iron Big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the Big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Finale :

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Dans cette chanson, un hors-la-loi nommé Texas Red terrorise une ville, marquant de son nom l’histoire tragique de nombreux hommes qui ont tenté de l’arrêter. Un mystérieux étranger arrive en ville, armé d'un revolver, et annonce qu'il est un Ranger de l'Arizona venu pour capturer Texas Red, qu'il souhaite ramené vivant ou mort. La tension monte alors que les habitants observent la confrontation inévitable entre le Ranger et le hors-la-loi, un moment déterminant qui se termine rapidement par la victoire du Ranger. Le cadre est celui d’un Far West où l’honneur et l'affrontement sont au cœur de la vie. La chanson évoque l'idée de rédemption et de justice, mais aussi le danger qui guette ceux qui bravent les lois des hommes. On ressent l'atmosphère pesante de cette rencontre, soulignant la fatalité qui attend ceux qui prennent des risques.