Letra de Bowie Knife

I got off the riverboat in New Orleans
In the spring of '82
I walked into a gambling house
As gamblers often do

I had myself a drink
And I joined in a poker game
The dealer was a woman
So I asked her for her name

She smiled at me so pretty
But a hush fell over the place
As a big man crossed the table
Stood up and slapped my face

Bowie knife, bowie knife, long, glitterin' steel
If my gun don't take your evil life
You can bet, my bowie knife will

I had my choice of weapons
On which would depend my life
I chose a set of pistols
And a long old bowie knife

I met him by the river
By the light of the rising sun
Was I prepared to fight him?
I feared my time had come

As we stood back to back there
On the duelin' green
I cursed the fate that had brought me
To the town of New Orleans

The referee started counting
The paces one by one
When I heard him say twenty
I turned and fired my gun

I knew at once I'd missed
And I waited there in fear, as
The stranger aimed and fired
But the bullet went by my ear

He threw away his pistol
And drew his bowie knife
I knew that razor edge
Would soon snap off my life

But somehow luck was with me
And my weapon found his side
He lay there on the duelin' ground
Then he cursed me as he died

Bowie knife, bowie knife, long, glitterin' steel
If my gun don't take your evil life
You can bet, my, bowie knife, will-