Adam’s friend Ed Payson learned too late that you can hang up your gun, but it won’t let you go. (A “Broken Ballad” recap in rhyme)<\/p>\n
Rating: T\u00a0 Word Count: 250<\/p>\n
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Young Billy loved sweet Sally Cass<\/i><\/p>\n
The store keeper\u2019s daughter, a pretty lass<\/i><\/p>\n
But in her eyes he was just a friend<\/i><\/p>\n
Because she loved another<\/i><\/p>\n
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Old Will Cass was a bitter man<\/i><\/p>\n
Whose son had died by a gunman\u2019s hand<\/i><\/p>\n
The hand of the man that Sally loved<\/i><\/p>\n
The man who killed her brother<\/i><\/p>\n
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The law had ruled the fight was fair<\/i><\/p>\n
But the grieving father didn\u2019t care<\/i><\/p>\n
He craved revenge for his reckless boy<\/i><\/p>\n
Against the man returning<\/i><\/p>\n
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Ed Payson wore a gun no more<\/i><\/p>\n
Young Dave\u2019s death had vexed him sore<\/i><\/p>\n
Forgiveness Will would not extend<\/i><\/p>\n
Hate kept his anger burning<\/i><\/p>\n
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Befriended by a man in black<\/i><\/p>\n
Ed went home to repair his shack<\/i><\/p>\n
Adam brought supplies and more<\/i><\/p>\n
Then Sally Cass came calling<\/i><\/p>\n
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She saw the good in a humble heart<\/i><\/p>\n
He only wanted a brand new start<\/i><\/p>\n
She baked biscuits; he sang a song<\/i><\/p>\n
In love they soon were falling<\/i><\/p>\n
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Alas their love was not to be<\/i><\/p>\n
Choked by rage and jealousy<\/i><\/p>\n
A father blind and a suitor scorned<\/i><\/p>\n
Would not stand idly by<\/i><\/p>\n
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Billy called him out; tossed him a gun<\/i><\/p>\n
Ed had no choice but to fight or run<\/i><\/p>\n
The lines were drawn with no way out<\/i><\/p>\n
One man was doomed to die<\/i><\/p>\n
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Oh careless and impulsive youth<\/i><\/p>\n
Too late he learns a bitter truth<\/i><\/p>\n
You can hang up your gun but it won\u2019t let you go<\/i><\/p>\n
No matter how hard you try\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n
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In the end, face down <\/i><\/p>\n
in the dust you\u2019ll lie.<\/i><\/p>\n
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“Broken Ballad” (Season 3, episode 6) was written by John T. Kelly<\/p>\n