– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(dramatic orchestral music)

(people chattering)

- [Narrator] The weary gunfighter

walked slowly through the saloon.

The long miles from Cheyenne had taken their toll.

- Who's saying that stuff?

- [Narrator] He scanned the room with a suspicious eye.

Years of being on the wrong side of the law

had taught him that a tough man can get out of a situation,

but a smart man never gets himself into one.

- Please quit doing that, I just want to

have a shot of whiskey in peace.

- [Narrator] But the gunfighter would find no peace.

For the Henderson boys were waiting in the corner

to kill him for the $200 bounty on his head.

- Is that true?

You boys trying to kill me like this voice is saying?

- Uhh...

No.

- [Narrator] Lied the oldest Henderson boy.

- How do you know I'm lying?

- [Narrator] The oldest Henderson boy asked of the air.

- No, I didn't ask the air.

I'm asking you, you fuckin' voice.

- [Narrator] Said the oldest Henderson boy.

- Would you please stop saying

"Said the oldest Henderson boy"?

- [Narrator] Implored Tommy, the oldest Henderson boy.

Meanwhile, the younger Henderson's hand twitched

by the Colt Peacemaker on his right hip.

He was thinking of shouting "Look out behind you"

to trick the gunfighter into turning around

so he could shoot him in the back.

- No, I was not!

- Come on, Johnny, again with the "Look behind you"?

What were you gonna say was behind him this time?

- Uhh, nothing.

- [Narrator] Johnny lied.

He was going to say a bear.

- Oh, come on.

(people laughing)

- A bear, Johnny? In a saloon?

- [Narrator] Johnny's face turned red.

He began wishing he was in a safe place

at home, in bed, with his dolls.

(Johnny scoffs)

Hey, hey, I ain't got no dolls!

- [Narrator] To calm his nerves, he pictured himself

combing his dolls' hair and pouring them each a cup of tea.

- No!

- Wait, wait, wait.

You have tea parties with your dolls?

- [Narrator] But something about

the younger Henderson's vulnerability

opened a door in the gunfighter's heart.

- Nope, no it didn't!

- [Narrator] Inside, a sea of confusing emotions

bubbled to the surface.

- No.

- [Narrator] He started imagining himself

holding the younger Henderson

and stroking his greasy hair.

- No!

- [Narrator] He pictured his first kiss

with the younger Henderson.

- No, that--

- [Narrator] They both giggle at how clumsy it was.

- No.

- [Narrator] They know the next one will be even better.

- I'm seriously not picturing that!

- [Narrator] But inside he was.

- No, I'm not!

- [Narrator] But he was.

- No, I'm not and that's the final word.

- [Narrator] But he was.

- Goddamnit!

- Why don't you two go get a room?

- Hey, why should we trust this voice anyway?

- [Narrator] Just then, the gunfighter had an idea.

- Hey, you.

- Me?

- Think of a number between one and 100

and then we'll see if this voice

really knows what we're thinkin'!

- Okay, got it.

- [Narrator] Sally the whore began thinking

of her favorite number, which was 32.

She then thought of her lady parts and how itchy they were

before deciding to change her mind and go with 76,

her second favorite number.

- The voice is right!

32 is my favorite number,

but then I changed my mind and went with 76!

- And your cooch?

- It's been itching something horrible since Saturday, Bill.

You know anything about that?

- Uhh,

no.

- [Narrator] He did, but we'll get to that in a minute.

- Looks like that voice really does know everything.

- [Narrator] The gunfighter noticed for the first time

that the bartender was black.

This was still unusual in the west,

but the gunfighter decided he was okay with it.

- Umm, thanks?

- [Narrator] The people in the town prided themselves

for their progressive attitudes about race.

- That's right.

- [Narrator] But would they still feel that way

if they knew that Sam had been sleeping

with Ned Schilling's wife?

- What!?

- Relax, Ned, alright?

I mean, everyone has been with her.

- Guilty.

- Yeah, you're right.

- [Narrator] And Elijah Jessup's sister.

- Welp, it's time for him to die.

(cocking guns)

- Watch yourself, Jessup.

You best put that gun down or I'll cut you in half.

(ominous music)

- That music,

it seems kind of ominous, don't it?

- Ominous.

What's that mean?

- You know, like, something bad's about to happen,

like a needless gunfight.

- [Narrator] The stage was set for an awesome

ballet of death.

Blood would be spilled, but who would be the first?

- Wait a second.

Ballet of death?

What the hell?

I think this voice wants us to kill each other.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile, the gunfighter saw his opening

to shoot Tommy dead.

- No, no, no, wait!

That one really is a lie, see?

My hand's nowhere near my gun.

- [Narrator] Okay, you got me.

That one wasn't true.

But this one is.

Yesterday, Tommy Henderson made sweet love

to Bill Jessup's wife.

- No!

You made sweet love to our mama?

- (laughs uncomfortably) Here's the thing about that.

- Oh, you're dead, Henderson.

- [Narrator] Said Gabriel, who had recently delivered

a load of cream to the back porch of his brother's wife.

He did her in the butt.

- What!?

- How could you? Your own brother!

- [Narrator] Yet even as Bill reacted with disgust,

the irony was not lost on him.

- You know what, I see where you're goin' with this

and I'm just gonna retract my disgust right now

if that's possible.

- [Narrator] For he had been regularly sneaking

into Paul Valentine's barn.

- Okay, you know, we're good, we're good here.

I think we should just move on.

- [Narrator] Where he had been having sex

with Paul's favorite sheep Martha.

- Oh boy.

- Marth, Bill!?

Martha!?

- That is why I've been so itchy? (cocks gun)

- You know what?

We all just need to take a deep breath here.

We're playin' right into the voice's hands.

Sure, there's been a surprising amount

of infidelity in this town,

and the bestiality should probably stop,

and I might be gay.

But if we start shootin', the voice wins.

I think the voice is givin' us an opportunity.

In a world where our deepest, darkest secrets

are unveiled one by one,

maybe we'll stop doing the things we're ashamed of

and start to embrace the things about ourselves

we're afraid to accept.

Hell, this could be the beginning of a new utopia,

a society based on fairness and tolerance

where it don't matter if you're rich or poor--

- Or a woman!

- Let's not get carried away, but the point is,

is that the voice is showing us the worst side of ourselves

and we need to show it our best.

Now, who's with me?

- [All] Yeehaw!

- [Narrator] It was a good speech

and things might have turned out differently

if the crowd never found out that the gunfighter

had just last night shot and killed

the youngest son of John McCullers,

because he "had some breath that smelled like

"the ass end of a Chinaman."

- Well, you must be Mr. McCullers.

(fires gun)

(guns firing)

- [Narrator] It was a true ballet of death.

When the gruesome bloodbath was over,

not a single person was left standing,

except for Sally, the itchy whore.

- Yoo!

- [Narrator] Who celebrated by scratching her front porch.

- [Sally] Whoo!

- [Narrator] Little did she know,

she would be mauled to death by a rabid wolf

the very next day.

- Well, fuck.

(dramatic orchestral music)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gunfighter /ˈɡʌnˌfaɪtər/ B1	noun - a person skilled in using guns, often in a Wild West context
saloon /səˈluːn/ B1	noun - a bar or tavern, especially in the American Old West
bounty /ˈbaʊnti/ B1	noun - a reward offered for a particular task, often for capturing a criminal
suspicious /səˈspɪʃəs/ A2	adjective - having or showing a feeling of distrust or doubt
vulnerable /ˈvʌlnərəbəl/ B2	adjective - susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm
ominous /ˈɑːmɪnəs/ B2	adjective - giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen
ballet /ˈbæleɪ/ B1	noun - a classical dance form characterized by grace and precision
irony /ˈaɪrəni/ C1	noun - the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite
infidelity /ˌɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/ C1	noun - the act of being unfaithful to a spouse or partner
utopia /juːˈtoʊpiə/ C1	noun - an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
progressive /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/ B2	adjective - favoring or promoting social change and development
bestiality /bɪˈstiːəlɪti/ C2	noun - sexual activity between a human and an animal
embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/ B1	verb - to accept or support something willingly
mauled /mɔːld/ B2	verb - to attack or injure someone with the teeth and claws
rabid /ˈræbɪd/ B2	adjective - extremely or violently angry

Key Grammar Structures

• The weary gunfighter walked slowly through the saloon.

  ➔ Past continuous tense (walked) + prepositional phrase (through the saloon)

  ➔ The past simple tense describes a completed action in the past. The prepositional phrase indicates location.

• Years of being on the wrong side of the law had taken their toll.

  ➔ Perfect participle phrase ('Years of being') + past perfect tense ('had taken')

  ➔ The perfect participle phrase acts as the subject, providing context for the main clause in past perfect, indicating an action completed before another in the past.

• Years of being on the wrong side of the law had taught him that a tough man can get out of a situation, but a smart man never gets himself into one.

  ➔ Parallel Structure ('a tough man can get out of a situation, but a smart man never gets himself into one')

  ➔ Parallelism using "but" to contrast two similar clauses, maintaining grammatical structure.

• For the Henderson boys were waiting in the corner to kill him for the $200 bounty on his head.

  ➔ Present Continuous ('were waiting') for an action in progress in the past + 'for' as a conjunction (to explain the reason)

  ➔ The present continuous emphasizes the ongoing nature of the waiting at a specific time in the past. 'For' explains the reason they were waiting.

• He was thinking of shouting "Look out behind you" to trick the gunfighter into turning around so he could shoot him in the back.

  ➔ Infinitive of purpose ('to trick') + Subordinating conjunction ('so that' implied)

  ➔ The infinitive 'to trick' indicates the purpose. The implied 'so that' shows the reason or purpose behind the action of tricking.

• He was going to say a bear.

  ➔ Past continuous of intention ('was going to say')

  ➔ This structure indicates a plan or intention in the past that didn't necessarily happen.

• He began wishing he was in a safe place at home, in bed, with his dolls.

  ➔ Compound sentence with a present participle acting as a verb (began wishing) + prepositional phrases of location and possession (at home, with his dolls)

  ➔ The compound sentence structure shows multiple related ideas. The present participle 'wishing' forms a verb phrase. Prepositional phrases give context.

• For he had been regularly sneaking into Paul Valentine's barn.

  ➔ Past perfect continuous ('had been sneaking') + adverb of frequency ('regularly')

  ➔ This tense describes an ongoing action in the past, emphasized by the frequency. The adverb 'regularly' intensifies the sense of repetition.

• It was a true ballet of death.

  ➔ Simple past tense (was) + noun phrase (a true ballet of death).

  ➔ The simple past tense establishes a state of being in the past. The noun phrase provides a descriptive image.