i can t make it alone that s too bad thank you it s it s nice that you know that that i wrote that one however i don t know that one no i always i always think about it how embarrassing it would be if i did forget the words or something you know nobody would everybody would believe that somebody else wrote these things it s not true i really wrote them but i do sometimes forget the words oh now smackwater jack he bought a shotgun cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation he just let it all hang loose he didn t think about the noose he couldn t take no more abuse so he shot down the congregation you can t talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand oh now big jim the chief stood for law and order he called for the guard to come and surround the border now from his bulldog mouth as he led the posse south came the cry we got to ride to clean up the streets for our wives and our daughters you can t talk to a man when he don t wanna understand oh no oh the account of the capture wasn t in the papers but you know they hanged ol smack right then instead of later you know the people were quite pleased cause the outlaw had been seized and on the whole it was a very good year for the undertaker you know you know you can t talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand shotgun in his hand  smackwater jack bought a shotgun oh smackwater jack bought a shotgun oh smackwater jack yeah