[ti:Arkansas Dave] [ar:George Strait] [al:Twang] [00:00.00]George Strait - Arkansas Dave [00:08.00] [00:11.01]He rode up on a winter day [00:15.73]Steam rising off a streak-faced bay [00:20.80]He said, “You probably know my name.” [00:25.97]If you don’t, it’s Arkansas Dave [00:30.91]He talked of fifteen years ago [00:35.29]And how he got the bay he rode [00:40.54]Said, he killed a man in Ohio [00:45.61]First man he killed, first horse he stole [00:49.35] [00:50.65]It was a long road for Arkansas Dave [00:56.03]He shot and left him where he lay [01:00.71]Said, he’d never forget that winter day [01:05.80]He rode off on a streak-faced bay [01:09.51] [01:21.25]I stood up and I shook his hand [01:25.93]Told no one that I knew this man [01:31.21]Started thinking up a plan [01:35.93]‘Bout how I’d deal him his last hand [01:40.71]Didn’t take him long to come unwound [01:46.33]He jumped up and gunned two men down [01:51.36]Ran outside to leave the town [01:55.94]But ‘ol bay was nowhere to be found [02:00.73] [02:04.89]I hid out with my .44 [02:10.18]And when he walked back through the door [02:14.84]I shot till I could shoot no more [02:19.95]And Dave Rudabaugh fell to the floor [02:23.52] [02:24.98]It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave [02:29.92]I shot and left him where he lay [02:34.66]I’ll never forget that winter day [02:39.67]I rode off on the streak-faced bay [02:44.95]No, I’ll never forget that winter day [02:50.37]I rode home on daddy’s streak-faced bay [02:57.61]