BILLY THE KID
Running Wild con 16 discos
de estudio a sus espaldas han sido los pioneros del llamado pirate
metal, estilo que ha tenido algunas bandas que han tomado después como
referencia. Formados en 1976, Running Wild comenzaron bajo el nombre de Granite Heart, cambiando un año después su nombre a Running Wild. Sus comienzos temáticamente hablando no estaban centrados en la piratería, pero desde el 85 en adelante raras son las ocasiones en que sus temas no tratan de ello, y hoy quiero dejar en el blog una canción que es una de esas excepciones, "Billy the kid", de 1991. Lo que si parece obvio es que siempre debe haber un trasfondo histórico en sus letras, y en este caso igualmente lo han hecho. El tema que hoy dejo se extrae de su Single-EP, Little Big Horn, como decía de 1991, un single de adelanto con ese tema que da título al mini disco y que aparece en el LP de ese mismo año, "Blazon Stone", tema que acompaña a una versión de Thin Lizzy, "Genocide", y al tema que hoy nos ocupa, "Billy the kid". Esta época de la banda, la del "Blazon Stone"
nos muestra a unos Running Wild con un sonido ya muy terminado, muy
marca de la casa, sonido que ya no abandonarán en el resto de su
discografía. Esto se refleja también en este tema, "Bliiy The Kid", exclusivo del single al que me he estado refiriendo, y del que dejo hoy un enlace a youtube, unos Running Wild un poco más en clave "Western", pero con el gancho Running Wild.
Silence
in the steps of no-man's land.
Camp fire, the smell of prairie wind.
Men surround the blaze.
Drink booze recall the day
'til a stranger's voice rings out to pray the sin.
PRECHORUS:
"The man who pulls his gun'd be dead
before he moves the trigger".
Scared to death no one dared to breathe.
Billy took their money
Burst into ringing laughter
Stole a horse and left the shattered scene.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Wanted
for the men he'd killed in vain.
A thousand dollars cash on Billy's head.
Hunted by a star
for the lives he'd left in pain,
and the day they met the outlaw lost the game.
PRECHORUS:
The marshal held his gun
aimed at Billy's head with laughter.
But the youngster was to proud for given' in.
Billy felt no pain.
But he was shot, the law was faster.
Falling to his knees he hit the trail.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Billy the Kid - a youngster and his deadly gun.
Billy the Kid - a lonely hero on the run.
(SOLO)
PRECHORUS:
The killing and the blood for golden dreams.
A senseless war.
An endless fight the youngster couldn't win.
A hundred times before he'd died.
He knocked on heaven's door
'til his maker opened up to lead him in.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Billy the Kid - a youngster and his deadly gun.
Billy the Kid - a lonely hero on the run.
By Nash
in the steps of no-man's land.
Camp fire, the smell of prairie wind.
Men surround the blaze.
Drink booze recall the day
'til a stranger's voice rings out to pray the sin.
PRECHORUS:
"The man who pulls his gun'd be dead
before he moves the trigger".
Scared to death no one dared to breathe.
Billy took their money
Burst into ringing laughter
Stole a horse and left the shattered scene.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Wanted
for the men he'd killed in vain.
A thousand dollars cash on Billy's head.
Hunted by a star
for the lives he'd left in pain,
and the day they met the outlaw lost the game.
PRECHORUS:
The marshal held his gun
aimed at Billy's head with laughter.
But the youngster was to proud for given' in.
Billy felt no pain.
But he was shot, the law was faster.
Falling to his knees he hit the trail.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Billy the Kid - a youngster and his deadly gun.
Billy the Kid - a lonely hero on the run.
(SOLO)
PRECHORUS:
The killing and the blood for golden dreams.
A senseless war.
An endless fight the youngster couldn't win.
A hundred times before he'd died.
He knocked on heaven's door
'til his maker opened up to lead him in.
CHORUS:
Billy the Kid - beast of prey that won't be tamed.
Billy the Kid loved the thrill of deadly games.
Billy the Kid - a youngster and his deadly gun.
Billy the Kid - a lonely hero on the run.
By Nash
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