I'm Too Young To Die

I'm too young, too young to die Oh, a fast gun killed my brother Filled him full of lead As he died, I made a promise I would shoot that gunny dead I would shoot that gunny dead My mother cried and held me Please don't do it, son You're too young, you're just too young To wear your brother's gun To wear your brother's gun I'm too young I'm too young I'm too young Too young to die As I saddled up my pony I could hear my mother cry My brother's guns were heavy My throat was tight and dry My throat was tight and dry I trailed him to Laredo There I found the gun Folks in town all knew me They knew just why I'd come They knew just why I'd come I'm too young I'm too young I'm too young Too young to die I found him by the wayside A bullet through his head Another gun had stopped him And left him there lying dead And left him there lying dead They said that I was guilty I had no alibi They tied my hands behind me And said that I must die And said that I must die Still sitting in the saddle They led me to a tree My little pony didn't know He'd be the death of me He'd be the death of me A wave of fear went through me As a bullet tore the sky The horse beneath me bolted My time had come to die My time had come to die I'm too young I'm too young I'm too young Too young to die