They called him a shadow, a man with no spine,
Always the last one to speak his own mind.
Head down low when the tough men passed,
Just a quiet soul they swore wouldn't last.
Never threw a punch, never stood tall,
At the barroom fights, he'd slip by the wall.
A laughing stock in that dusty old town,
But no one knew how he’d turn it around.
When the iron wheels screamed and the pistols rang,
He stood in the fire, didn’t run from the flame.
Face to the danger, heart to the test,
The man they called a coward did his best.
When the smoke cleared and the outlaws ran,
They tipped their hats to a brand-new man.
The train rolled fast ‘neath the pale moonlight,
When the bandits came like wolves in the night.
Silver and gold in their greedy hands,
No one dared to make a stand.
But he rose from his seat with steel in his eyes,
Fear in his gut but no time for lies.
A trembling hand found a rusty old gun,
And when the smoke settled, the fight was done.
When the iron wheels screamed and the pistols rang,
He stood in the fire, didn’t run from the flame.
Face to the danger, heart to the test,
The man they called a coward did his best.
When the smoke cleared and the outlaws ran,
They tipped their hats to a brand-new man.
No more whispers, no more jeers,
He earned their trust through blood and tears.
A quiet soul but a lion inside,
When courage calls, there’s no place to hide.
When the iron wheels screamed and the pistols rang,
He stood in the fire, didn’t run from the flame.
Face to the danger, heart to the test,
The man they called a coward did his best.
When the smoke cleared and the outlaws ran,
They tipped their hats to a brand-new man.
So when you judge a man by the words he won’t say,
Remember the quiet ones might save the day.
In a world full of talk, it’s action that stands—
And the coward they mocked became a brave man.
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