Smackwater Jack, he bought a shotgun   'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation   He didn't think about the noose   He just let it all hang loose   He couldn't take no more abuse so he shot down the congregation   You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand   With a shotgun in his hand      Now Big Jim the chief stood for law and order   He called for the men to surround the border   And from his bulldog mouth   As the posse headed south   Came a cry, "we got the right to clean up the streets for our wives and our daughters"   You can't talk to a man when he don't wanna understand   And he don't wanna understand      The account of the capture wasn't in the papers   But you know they hung old Smack right then and there instead of later   And the people were quite pleased   That the outlaw had been seized   And on the whole it was a very good year for the undertaker   You can't talk to a man when he don't wanna understand   When he don't wanna understand