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My name is Conley Elms
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I died in 1981
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Gunned down in cold blood
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By an outlaw on the run
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On a cold gray afternoon
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I felt that bitter chill
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By the banks of the Owyhee
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And my soul it lives there still

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My partner William Pogue
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He fell that day with me
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A straight and honest lawman
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As fair as he could be
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His good name put on trial
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We watched in disbelief
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As the system we relied on
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Set a killer all but free

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But with every freedom comes
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An even greater cost
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The answer seldom easy
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The question sometimes lost
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For though our lives were shortened
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Our work was not in vain
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And given one more chance
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I'd wear that badge again

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Now many years gone by
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Our families carry on
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Though our lives have been lost
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Our legacy grows strong
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And every man must answer
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For the things that he has done
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We find our peace in knowing
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The judgment day shall come

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Convictions forged in campfires
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For the work we live and breathe
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Let the burden be to those
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Who live farther on than me
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The Owyhees to the Sawtooths
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Let the Boise run its miles
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And let our memory's stand
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For all that there lives wild…

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For with every freedom comes
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An even greater cost
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The answer seldom easy
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The question sometimes lost
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For though our lives were shortened
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Our work was not in vain
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And given one more chance
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I'd wear that badge again

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Given one more chance
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I'd wear that badge again