From the recording Jumpin' Jelly Beans
Lyrics
"Are you insane?", said Calamity Jane
"What kind of came do you think you are playin' at?"
Wild Bill sat with his back to the door
When a cowboy came in with a settle to score
Aces and eights is a dead man's hand
The hours glass ran out of sand
With the fatal flip of that final card
And legends, legends die hard
Legends die hard
Listen son, rule number one:
Live by the sword, die by the gun
But if you live by the song
The way is rocky ads the road is long
Don't ask him what he does it for
He don't even know no more
He'll say it's just the way things are
'Cause legends, legends die hard
They say that Pandora, she had no excuse
For lettin' all of them hobgoblins loose
But you got to admit that the girl had some gall
'Cause the last she let go was the worst one of all
Hope has a habit of lingerin' on
Long after every good reason is gone
We keep our eyes fixed on a distant star
'Cause legends, legends die hard
Legends die hard, legends die hard
I been stonewalled, I been blackballed,
I been called every name that you can be called
I was robbed of my silver and my gold
Left for dead a long time ago
But I ride a long and lonely trail
Still lookin' for that holy grail
Still bangin' on my olds guitar 'cause
Legends, legends die hard
Legends die hard
Legends die hard