Story Behind The Song

after reading about the Hawken" rifle and then reading a cowboy book.

Song Description

A shooting competition in denver, in the late 1800s with a hero (Cardif) his opponents, doc Bodagard and two gun willy (who was a gunslinger) and how Cardif won the competition using the famous "Hawken" rifle.

Lyrics

verse 1 AT A SHOOTING MATCH IN DENVER, EVERYBODY CAME
THE GREATEST SHOOTERS IN THE WEST, TO SEEK THEIR SHARE OF FAME
THE SHOOTERS CAME FROM FAR AND WIDE, THEY NUMBERED BY THE SCORE
YOU HAD TO HIT NINE OUT OF TEN TO STAY THERE IN THE DRAW.

verse 2 ALL THE SHOOTERS HAD THEIR TURN. THE JUDGES DID AGREE,
DOC BODAGARD ,AND TWO GUN WILLY, CARDIFF, MADE THE THREE.
DOC HE HAD THE REPUTATION, WON THE SHOOT BEFORE
WILLY CAME FROM TEXAS, HE WAS RUNNING FROM THE LAW.

chorus ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS FIRST PRIZE THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
THE GREATEST SHOOTERS IN THE WEST TO SEE WHICH ONE WOULD FALL.
DOC BODAGARD AND TWO GUN WILLY, CARDIFF WERE THE BEST.
NINETY SEVEN FROM ONE HUNDRED, BETTER THAN THE REST.

verse 3 DOC HE HAD THE WINCHESTER, IT WAS A FORTY FOUR
WILLY HAD THE NAVY COLTS, THE FASTEST ON THE DRAW
CARDIFF HAD THE HAWKEN RIFLE MADE FROM BLACKENED STEEL
MADE IN 1856 IT'S REPUTATION REAL.

chorus CHORUS 1

verse 4 HIS ARMS WERE HEAVY MADE OF LEAD HE COUNTED EVERY SHOT,
THE SWEAT AND SMOKE WERE IN HIS EYES, HIS RIFLE BURNING HOT.
REMEMBERING HIS DADDY'S WORDS BEFORE HE WENT TO REST
YOU ONLY HAVE TO PICK IT UP LET THE HAWKEN DO THE REST.

verse 5 ALL THE COWBOYS HAD THEIR TURN THE JUDGES DID DECREE
DOC BODAGARD AND TWO GUN WILLY SECOND OUT OF THREE.
THE STORY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WEST OF CARDIFF'S RISE TO FAME
HE SAID "THE HAWKEN WON THE PRIZE, I ONLY HAD TO AIM".

CHORUS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS FIRST PRIZE THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
THE GREATEST SHOOTERS IN THE WEST TO SEE WHICH ONE WOULD FALL.
DOC BODAGARD AND TWO GUN WILLY, CARDIFF WERE THE BEST.
NINETY SEVEN FROM ONE HUNDRED, BETTER THAN THE REST.

TAG DOC BODAGARD AND TWO GUN WILLY COULDN'T PASS THE TEST,
97 FROM 100 CARDIFF HIT THE REST