Invitation to a Gunfighter
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Peace for John Medford,
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but not for us, my friends, not yet.
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This morning, we woke up to find
that we've got still another widow

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in a town
that's already got more than its share,

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and she was widowed
by a Reb, Matt Weaver.

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No, the war is not over for us, friends.
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This confederate soldier -
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he's still in uniform, mind,
still bearing arms -

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invaded this township,
broke into my house, broke out of jail,

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if you believe our good sheriff.
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And in the secret places
he did smite to death an innocent.

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I put it to you,
how do we smite this enemy of the Lord?

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Now, listen here. You listen here to me.
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I brung the first wagons in.
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I can bring this rebel boy in to stand trial.
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I got to bring him in.
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We're not forgetting what you done
when you was able, you old warhorse.

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We won't send you out
to get cut down by a crazy Reb.

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Suppose you tell us
what you're working us up to.

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Lacking a posse
or a sheriff able to do the job,

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come to me, we could call on
the US Marshal in Santa Fe for help.

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Except the US Marshal's got a territory
full of looters and Rebs to clean up.

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They got a backlog a year long.
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But we can't wait a year. We can't wait
a week. Business will go to pot.

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How many more
can Matt Weaver widow in a year?

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I hear you, Mr McKeever,
so I'm digging into my own pocket.

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I sent Crane Adams to Amarillo
to hire a lawman

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able to flush that Reb out of these hills
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and end this war we thought was over.
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A lawman, Mr Brewster?
Crane went to find a gunfighter.

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A gunfighter kills the man he goes after.
No trial, no jury.

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Guilty or innocent, he kills him.
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- Are you asking us to believe...?
- I'm asking you nothing, Mrs Adams.


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