VERSE In 1958 when I was only three-foot-ten There was a place I loved to go down by the riverbend Where cowboys ridin’ horses would come from miles around And fire their guns…in Old Nueces Town CHORUS From Up River Road to the Corpus Christi Bay Cathedral bells would ring and then they would pray For a hundred miles around you would hear the people say They’ve fired another round…in Old Nueces Town VERSE There was an old saloon where all these cowboys used to play They’d shuffle cards and smoke cigars and soon you’d hear one say If you don’t lose I’ll shoot your boots and lay your body down And that’s the way they played…in Old Nueces Town CHORUS From Up River Road to the Corpus Christi Bay Cathedral bells would ring and then they would pray For a hundred miles around you would hear the people say They’ve fired another round…in Old Nueces Town VERSE You’re prob’ly wondering why they’d let me come to have a seat And watch them fire their guns as they’d drop into the street It looked like it was real but their bullets were only blanks They’d soon be standing up…and they would reconcile their pranks CHORUS From Up River Road to the Corpus Christi Bay Cathedral bells would ring and then they would pray For a hundred miles around you would hear the people say They’ve fired another round… in Old Nueces Town