I rode into tpwn on a crippled horse   Got fired from a cattle drive up north   The ropes of the gallows were swingin' in the breeze   All the Wanted posters had pictures of me      Tied what was left of my horse to a hitch   Walked into a saloon, they called the 'Busted Bitch'   I ordered up a whiskey, they asked me for my bread   I paid him two bits, then I pumped him full of lead      I got my Colt Forty Five, right by my side   I'm the California Kid, I hope you're quite prepared to die      A lady of the evening was eyeballing me   Staring down from the balcony   She walked up to me with gun powder breath   The ace of hearts was bleeding from her hip   I dragged her upstairs by her lower lip      I got my Colt Forty Five, right by my side   I'm the California Kid, I hope you're quite prepared to die      She untied my boots, she untied my jeans   She untied my tubes I had tied in my teens   'bout that time he front door was kicked in   And there stood some asshole all covered in sin   He saids 'That's my woman', I said 'That's no lie'   I blew a hole in him just as big as the sky      I got my Colt Forty Five, right by my side   I'm the California Kid, I hope you're quite prepared to die